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She said the “The viral dissemination of information on cybernetic networks made it practically impossible to accurately identify the number of students who have had access to the leaked questionnaires ”.
After the interested parties were consulted, there there was “convergence in the need to protect the integrity of the exam and expose the culprits who put the lives of our students at risk.”
“The National Senior Certificate (NSC) is the flagship qualification related to education. The credibility of the NSC exam is of the utmost importance. Any lingering concerns regarding the credibility of the NSC exams should be thoroughly investigated and addressed,”Motshekga said.
“Preventing prior access to the question document is what all security measures are aimed at.”
Motshekga said this was the first time the country had conducted a national rewrite.
Basic education department testing director Rufus Poliah said the department had confirmed that 195 students had received the math work, but there was no way of knowing how widely it had spread from there.
Motshekga said: “It is clear that the people responsible for filtering the questionnaires are adults. CEM appreciates the work being done by the Directorate of Priority Criminal Investigations, the Hawks. We welcome the arrest that has been made and look forward to further arrests. We need to send a strong message that tampering with the national exam is a serious crime. “
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