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- Health protocols are in place to ensure the safety of markers when marking of matrix papers begins on Monday.
- More than 45,000 markers will mark the more than 14 million hyphens.
- There will be a strict review at all rating centers, and positive Covid-19 markers may not show up for work.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has issued protocols to ensure the marking of enrollment documents, which begins Monday, is done safely.
On Friday, the Department of Basic Education issued a statement on the measures.
Entries will be graded at 181 grading centers across the country. More than 45,000 markers have been designated to mark the approximately 14 million writes over 18 days.
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The department has reviewed security protocols to ensure the safety of all those involved in the marking process, following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the country is again under Level 3 Blockade.
“In the marking centers we have increased the number of monitors and we will visit all the centers to control compliance. We have made health and safety a priority for all the personnel of the marking centers,” said the director general of the department, Mathanzima Mweli.
“All the inequalities between rich and poor schools were exacerbated due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This resulted in huge gaps in educational achievement between the haves and the have-nots.”
– Johannes Motona, President of the Union of Professional Educators https://t.co/16Rg4bAMpr
– City Press (@City_Press) December 27, 2020
All tagging center officials are required to wear masks, comply with all health and hygiene protocols, and keep 1.5m away from each other.
A school or other facility used as a tagging center with sufficient space can accommodate more than 50 people, but cannot exceed 50% of its capacity.
Everyone involved in the marking process will receive a permit that will allow them to travel during curfew hours.
There will be a strict control in all places and markers showing symptoms will be kept in an isolation room until indicated by health professionals. Markers that tested positive cannot be reported to the marking centers and failure to disclose their health will constitute misconduct.
There are reserve markers to replace markers that cannot be reported to the marker centers.
– Compiled by Jan Gerber
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