Department of Basic education now impelled to publish matric results

 The High Court in Pretoria has granted AfriForum and others an urgent interdict forcing the Department of Basic Education to release the 2021 matric results on media platforms.

The application followed a decision of the department to depart from the norm by only issuing the results to pupils at schools where they wrote their matric exams.

Meanwhile more than 1.1 million learners will return to schools in the Western Cape on Wednesday. The Western Cape education department says despite over 32 000 late applications, the latest figures show that 451 Grade 1 and 2 450 Grade 8 learners are still unplaced.

Schafer appealed to parents to be patient as they process to put learners in schools.

by Everngelista Muza