Cape Town - The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) says it has completed practical exams without incident and is ready to administer the first National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam paper on Monday.
The province has a total of 73 846 candidates who will write the exams, which are expected to end on December 7.
Of these, 62 361 are full-time candidates, and 11 485 are part-time candidates.
Candidates will sit for their first papers, English Home Language, First Additional Language, and Second Additional Language on October 31, with 64 824 candidates in the Western Cape writing in the morning session.
The subject with the largest number of candidates writing is mathematical literacy, with 49 672 candidates writing Paper 1 on November 4 and Paper 2 on November 7.
The exams will be overseen by 1 889 invigilators at 478 examination centres across the province.
“We are pleased that our practical exams were completed without incident this week despite load-shedding concerns. Our districts monitor the situation closely and deal with any problems that arise on a case-by-case basis. We appeal to all social organisations, political groups and communities to ensure that exams can take place without disruption, and not to compromise our matrics’ chances in any way. Our matrics must be our province’s VIPs for the duration of the exams,” said MEC David Maynier.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to announce the national results on January 19, 2023, and individual results will be available at schools and online on January 20, 2023.
Cape Times