Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube will brief Parliament on Tuesday on the government’s state of preparedness ahead of the 2024 exams.
The minister said that all systems are ready for the end-of-year reviews and reassured that Quality assurance measures have been put in place to ensure that the exam papers meet the standard.
Gwarube called this year’s final exams representative “the cumulative efforts of our education system, our schools, communities” and her department.
“With just a few hours to go before the first article is written, I am proud to announce that we are ready to conduct the 2024 NSC exams, adhering to the best standards of integrity, safety and efficiency,” she said.
This year, 727,121 full-time and 155,215 part-time candidates will sit their matric exams – a total of 882,336 candidates across South Africa. Another 16,400 students from private schools and institutions will take the Independent Board exams.
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