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PRETORIA – Eight of the country’s nine provinces have been affected by the matrix math document leaked this week.
The Basic Education Department confirmed this on Wednesday, saying that an official investigation is now underway.
The students accessed the work before taking the exam through a WhatsApp group.
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“We are disappointed that, in fact, when we are a third away, a document has been leaked,” said Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
“We also confirmed that the leak arose in other provinces. The penalty for those involved is serious and it really hurts me that adults put these students in that position.”
A rewrite is now on the cards.
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Rufus Poliah, chief director of the Department of Basic Education, said that “the scope of the leak will determine whether the rewrite is a national or localized rewrite … That would be the first goal, to be completed by November 30 for if it is necessary a rewrite, it can be done before December 15 “.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Cape and the Free State have been singled out as hot spots when it comes to grade 12 writing tests.
In the Eastern Cape alone, 53 students with COVID-19 sat down to write a math essay.
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Concerns have also been raised after cluster outbreaks in the province.
With a host of challenges against the class of 2020, eNCA asked the minister if any concessions would be made for this cohort. His answer: it is too early to say.
