Cosas calls on matrics not to rewrite maths and science exams following leaks

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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that all matric pupils will rewrite the Mathematics Paper Two and Physical Science Paper Two exams after the integrity and credibility of the two papers were compromised.

JOHANNESBURG - The Congress of South African Students has called on pupils not to sit for a rewrite of the exam papers that were leaked.

An employee of a Johannesburg-based company contracted by the department to print matric exam papers has since been arrested following an investigation by the Hawks.Cosas’s Douglas Ngobeni said they reject Motshekga's announcement. "The Department of Basic Education has made a blunder by not first engaging the stakeholders in the education sector when they took that decision."Download the EWN app to your iOS or Android device.

 

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Just repeat the fucken year... your ass gone fail like shit first semester in varsity anyway...

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