With fewer than five days to go before the start of the 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations for matric pupils, Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane said they are ready and well prepared.
A total of 194 611 matriculants in Gauteng are expected to sit for the 2022 final matric exams, with a confident MEC Matome Chiloane claiming they would be smooth sailing.
The 2022 matric exams are set to start on October 31, and end on December 7, 2022.
Speaking at the national senior certificate examination pledge signing ceremony at the BB Myataza Secondary school in Etwatwa on Monday, Chiloane said the department has trained and officially appointed chief invigilators for all examination centres.
“We did a training focusing on venue management, question paper management, candidate management, security and script management. We’ve trained all the relevant stakeholders that will be guiding the process.”
In 2020 Gauteng and Limpopo matric pupils had access to leaked mathematics paper 2, just hours before they sat down to write.
Chiloane said he is confident that there will be no transgressions or leaks relating to question papers.
“We can confidently say this year there will be no leakage. I can assure you of that part. We have appointed service providers to assist to augment our security at districts, and we have armed escorts that will be guiding our exam papers. We’ve got response teams and we’ve also set up surveillance (CCTV cameras) in all our venues to ensure that everything is tight,” the MEC said.
He said they also conducted an audit of computer applications technology (CAT) and information technology (IT) laboratories.
“One of the areas of focus for the audit was whether the centres have a generator to serve as a back-up in the event of an electricity supply cut. Eskom and City Power have been informed of the critical dates on which CAT and IT practical examinations are being written to minimise power cuts on those (specific) dates.
“Examination centres that do not have generators will procure or rent generators to avoid the disruption that may result from a power cut,” said Chiloane.
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