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A class in writing matrix tests.
- The Council of Education Ministers has questioned some aspects of a Superior Court ruling that ruled out the rewriting of two leaked matriculation exams.
- The council said it would go to court to seek correction of some matters, but would comply with the main ruling not to rewrite.
- The case was brought to court by the Democratic Union of Teachers of South Africa and the lobby group AfriForum.
The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) has said that it will approach the court to “rectify” some aspects of the High Court ruling that stopped the rewriting of two leaked matrix papers.
In a statement issued Saturday, the council said it pointed to a “number of aspects in the trial that cannot be left unchallenged.”
“After consulting widely and extensively with attorneys, he will approach the court to correct the identified aspects of the sentence,” he added.
On Friday, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria overturned the decision that tuition students should rewrite the Math 2 and Physical Science 2 exams after they were leaked in November.
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In response to the ruling, the CEM said the court did not adequately address the “credibility, integrity and fairness” of the 2020 tuition exam, adding that another concern was the “tone and language” of Judge Norman Davis in issuing the ruling on Friday.
“Some of the court’s findings are at odds with applicable basic education legislative provisions and some findings were made against the department on issues that were not even raised in court documents. The CEM was particularly concerned about the tone and language used by the honorable judge. “
However, the CEM said, it had decided that the two documents would not be rewritten.
Comfort
“The class of 2020, their teachers and their parents should take comfort in CEM’s decision that Mathematics Document 2 and Physical Sciences Document 2 will not be rewritten on December 15 and 17, 2020,” said the Minister of Education Basic, Angie Motshekga, in the statement.
“Enjoy your Christmas and New Years holidays, rest and recharge for 2021 … but you must observe all Covid-19 health, safety and social distancing protocols at all times.”
The Democratic Union of Teachers of South Africa and lobby group AfriForum went to the High Court to request the reversal of the Motshekga decision that tuition students would have to rewrite the two documents on December 15 and 17 respectively.
Several students objected to the decision, and some took to social media to complain.
They said that a rewrite was unfair to those who studied hard and didn’t cheat. Others said they had already left and gone on vacation.
