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An exam sheet was leaked.
- The basic education department noticed the leak of the Math Test 2 question document from the matrix hours before it was written.
- According to a department spokesman, the Hawks are assisting in the investigation of the leak.
- The department says it is expediting the investigation.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that other provinces have also been affected by the leak of the Matric Mathematics Paper 2 questionnaire, according to the Department of Basic Education.
And now the Hawks are being tied down to help with the investigation and trace the origins, as well as how far the leak spread.
Speaking to News24 on Tuesday, department spokesman Elijah Mhlanga said that shortly after a statement was released on Monday, indicating that Gauteng and Limpopo were identified as affected provinces, it was established that other provinces, such as Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal , they might as well have. had access to the newspaper.
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“WhatsApp messages [of the question paper] he also went to candidates from other provinces.
“We are going through that now because people are sending us screenshots of conversations in their WhatsApp groups, with the numbers of the people, the people who sent the newspaper. All of that will help the investigation,” Mhlanga said.
Mhlanga added that the department was looking for time so that the investigation could be concluded and a way forward could be established, even if a rewrite was necessary.
He said the Hawks were contacted Tuesday to help with resources for the investigation.
“We don’t have time. We are trying to finish as quickly as possible.
“We want everyone to know what is going to happen [and] if there is going to be a rewrite. “
Mhlanga added that some candidates came forward to reveal that they had been in possession of the paper that was broadcast on WhatsApp groups.
Mhlanga said:
I received the questionnaire shortly after midnight. [on Monday]. I got an email with the newspaper, which means since Sunday night, that’s when people had the newspaper, that [also] means someone was given the role and was working on it, and probably didn’t finish solving the answers and then [the person] I started to share it. And then the next person didn’t know the answers …
News24 previously reported that according to the higher education and curriculum conference at the University of Johannesburg, Dr. Nazreen Dasoo, it was necessary for the department to re-evaluate its mechanisms in light of Covid-19.
“Given the extraordinary circumstances we are experiencing as a result of the global pandemic, coupled with an additional burden of stress for our current enrollment students, more creative and authentic forms of assessment should have been implemented. [instead of an] emphasis on the traditional and standardized matrix test, “said Dasoo.
