A total of 75 647 candidates will write the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams in the Western Cape. Of these, 64 375 are full-time candidates, and 11 272 are part-time candidates.
Candidates will sit on Monday, with 66 988
candidates writing all forms of the English paper. In total, 123 examination
papers will be written before the exams end on Wednesday, 27 November 2024.
PICTURE: PixabayAccording to the Western Cape Education
Department (WCED), there are 270 more full-time candidates writing in 2024 compared
to 2023. The subject with the most candidates writing is Mathematical Literacy,
with 51 932 candidates. Furthermore, five subjects have a single candidate
writing: Zulu Home Language, Sepedi Home Language, Sepedi First Additional
Language, Setswana First Additional Language, and Hebrew Second Additional
Language.
The WCED said the exams will be written at 474
exam centres, overseen by 1 809 invigilators who will keep an eye out for any
procedural irregularities.
‘’Marking will take place between 2 and 12
December 2024, with 920 000 examination scripts being marked by 4 232 markers
and checked by 1 046 mark-checkers,’’ said David Maynier, Western Cape
Education MEC.
The national results announcement will take
place on 15 January 2025, with individual candidate’s results available at
schools or online the following day.
‘’The scale of the matric exams poses a mammoth
administrative challenge, and we appreciate the tremendous efforts of the
Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) officials and school staff in
ensuring that the exams run smoothly and fairly,’’ said Maynier.
‘’Our matrics, and their teachers, have put so
much work into preparing for these exams, so we appeal to everyone in the
Western Cape to make our matrics the VIPs of our province in these coming
weeks. Let us all play our part by supporting our matrics during what is
understandably a stressful period, so that they can do the very best they can!,’’
he added.
Done by: Mitchum George
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