North West MEC wants underperforming schools to pull up their socks in matric exams

Johannesburg – North West Education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela is gunning for underperforming schools in the province ahead of the start of the matric exams this year.

Grade 12 learners are expected to sit for their final exams in the next few weeks and Matsemela is working on improving the results for the Class of 2022.

As a starting point, the MEC is targeting the underperforming schools to jack up their performance.

This week, Matsemela is expected to visit underperforming schools in the Bojanala district.

This comes after she visited similar schools in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district in Vryburg on Thursday and Friday.

The provincial Department of Education in the North West said there…

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