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- AfriForum’s challenge against the decision to have registrants rewrite the exams will continue in Gauteng High Court on Thursday.
- The lobby group believes that the decision will hurt many students who wrote the exam honestly.
- AfriForum said it had received the minutes of the meeting that led to the decision, but was awaiting affidavits.
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is expected to hear arguments on the reasons for the decision to have 2020 enrollees rewrite their exams.
AfriForum’s Willie Spies told News24 on Wednesday that his application to the Superior Court was postponed until Thursday.
“In this matter, Umalusi presented the answer this morning, but the minister did not. The court ordered that the minister must present her affidavit of opposition before 1:00 p.m. this afternoon and before 12:00 p.m. , had to present the file “. of the procedures that led to the decision to rewrite.
“I just received the documents [minutes] from the state attorney, but we are still waiting for the affidavits, “he said.
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Lobbyist AfriForum approached the court on Wednesday, December 9, to assist four tuition students, with an urgent request in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria to reverse Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s decision that all students rewrite two tests. The papers were allegedly leaked.
Motshekga announced on December 4 that matrics had to rewrite the articles in Mathematics II and Physical Sciences II.
She said that “it was not an easy decision to make, but that [was] necessary under the circumstances, “News24 reported.
The lobby group said it opposed the decision because it would unfairly harm “approximately 400,000 matrices who took the test honestly.”
AfriForum Education Rights Advisor Natasha Venter believes that there are ways and means to determine which students actually gained an unfair benefit from the leaked questionnaires, and that the department should focus on such investigations rather than harm other students. .
“Research has shown that students’ scores on final exams can be determined 93% accurately by studying past scores.
“We cannot allow Motshekga and his department to disadvantage students who have worked hard throughout their school careers, and this is because the department’s systems were inadequate in the first place to prevent questionnaires from leaking. There are others. better ways to ensure the integrity of the exam, “Venter said in a statement Monday.
Basic Education Department spokesman Elijah Mhlanga confirmed to News24 that there were four legal actions against the department.
“We have responded to all four. We will argue against all four tomorrow in court,” he said.
The case will continue in Superior Court on Thursday.
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