School fabricated marks but pupils did not even sit for exams, says whistle-blower

The allegation about the fabricated marks was made by Michael Mosomane to the Education Labour Relations Council as part of his submission, which City Press has seen, challenging the termination of his contract by the education department in May.

Michael Mosomane alleges that Nakedi Secondary fabricated English marks for grades 8, 9 and 11 in March. Picture: Msindisi Fengu/City Press The basic education department said the matric results from last year showed that the school was among the underperformers, obtaining only 25.7% from the 35 pupils who sat for exams.Mosomane’s report containing the allegations had the education department’s official stamp, dated May 6.

He said warnings were raised at that meeting about how marks were allocated. He said there were no convincing answers or responses. When City Press visited the school last Wednesday, Sehlangu declined to comment but revealed that the matter was investigated by the education department which found no wrongdoing on his part.

“For easy reference, you can ask him to provide you with the letter of his appointment; maybe you might have better answers. So, as the department, we cannot be drawn into amatter which is before the ELRC,” Makondo said.Part of it indicates that his contract was scheduled to be terminated at the end of December or when a permanent teacher had been hired to fill the post, whichever occurred first.

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