Cape Town - With the final matric exams completed, Western Cape Education MEC David Maynier urges students and families to celebrate responsibly while highlighting the importance of safety during festivities.
On Wednesday, the Class of 2024 wrote their final exams with Agricultural Management Practices (730 candidates), Marine Sciences Paper 2 (120 candidates), and Design Paper 1 (905 candidates).
With the culmination of weeks of hard work and dedication, students are now poised to celebrate their achievements.
However, Maynier took this opportunity to remind youth and their families of the importance of celebrating responsibly.
“We thank the public for the support they have shown to our matrics during this period. This support has helped us to ensure that all candidates had an opportunity to write their exams, even in difficult circumstances.
“With the exams completed, a number of learners will be attending formal matric rage events and smaller end-of-exams parties.
“It is understandable that our matrics would like to celebrate the end of their school career, but we urge them to do so responsibly and safely,” Maynier said.
Maynier also encouraged parents to ensure that their children understand the risks involved in any event or party, and to ensure that they have made arrangements to stay in contact with their children and know what to do in an emergency.
Maynier added that the national matric results announcement has been moved to Monday, 13 January 2025, in order to accommodate the first day of school.
“Individual candidate results will be released at schools and on the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) website from 10am on Tuesday, 14 January 2025.”
Cape Argus