Pregnant or with fees arrears, no learner must be blocked from writing exams, says Basic Education DG

Pretoria – Director-general of the Department of Basic Education, Mathanzima Mweli, has urged schools and communities across South Africa to allow every learner registered for the critical National Senior Certificate examinations to participate in the critical tests even when they are pregnant or owing school fees.

“We want to make a special plea, once more to the South African public to help us to protect the exams. Help us to ensure that our young people do not miss this opportunity that they most deserve and desperately need, to sit for their final year exams,” Mweli told journalists in Pretoria, giving an update after the first week of matric examinations.

“We’ve also picked…

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