Education Activists has asked
the Basic Education examination markers to be more lenient when marking the
grade 12’s matric exam scripts this year.
Hendrick Makeneta, education activist, said
that this year has been an extremely difficult year for students as their
education literally came to a standstill due to the covid-19 lockdown. “It is
for this reason that activists within the terrain of education call on the
department to do the right thing by being lenient to our learners in matric as
they mark their scripts.”, said Hendrick.
According to Hendrick, the grade 12 scripts
was set up long before covid-19 started, therefore there was need to alter the
papers in light of our current situation. “We cannot
expect to function normally under abnormal conditions of Covid-19. The learners
cannot be punished for something that was not created by them.”
However, Faiq
Salie, principle at Mitchells Plain High and ex matric marker, disagrees with
this statement. He does not think lenient marking is the answer as the matric
marking is already lenient to begin with. He thinks that a true reflection of
the marks will help them understand the impact of covid-19 and how to move
forward into 2021.
Faiq said that leniency in marking would make
the students think that mediocrity is okay when facing hardships. However, he
does think that universities could look into induction strategies for student
who attained good results and accept them for they course they registered
for.
By
Danielle Mentoor
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