The 2021 matric exams, which begin on Wednesday, will see the largest number of Gauteng candidates ever sitting for their finals.
The Gauteng education department announced on Sunday that Gauteng has enrolled 175,599 candidates to write this year’s matric exams — an increase of 17.55% on last year’s 149,385.
“The GDE has also established an extensive network of monitors across the province, having officially appointed and trained chief invigilators and monitors for all the examination centres. “We will have printed 2,171,915 question papers for the duration of the examination process. We have ensured that we increase security arrangements around the printing of question papers as a means of mitigating human error and other vulnerabilities.”
The GDE also has a standing agreement with Child Line to assist pupils experiencing stress due to exam pressure or after receiving results.
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