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Several unions plan to go to court to challenge the Basic Education Department’s decision to rewrite test 2 in mathematics and test 2 in physical sciences.
JOHANNESBURG – The decision to have enrolled students rewrite two National Certificate for Older Learners exams may be reversed, if the teacher unions have their way.
The two articles, which were leaked, must be rewritten.
Several unions now plan to go to court to challenge the decision of the Department of Basic Education.
Last week, Minister Angie Motshekga announced the first national rewrite in South African history for test 2 in math and test 2 in physical science.
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The move has been met with backlash from the unions, with the Democratic Teachers Union of South Africa (Sadtu) and the student organization The South African Students Congress (Things) saying the move was irrational and unfair.
Sadtu’s Nomusa Cembi said the unions were going to court.
“Sadtu believes that the decision to have all students rewrite these documents is unfair and premature because the investigation has not concluded. Based on initial research that has shown that the number of students who may have viewed the article is less than 200 out of the 390,00 who wrote the articles. There is no basis for a national rewrite. ”
Stuff asked students not to sit back and rewrite saying there was no evidence of widespread leaks.
Douglas Ngobeni of the organization said: “If rewriting is necessary, they were supposed to focus on those specific students because at the end of the day it is a mess that they created, rather than returning to the South African public, to apologize to South African students for put them in such a difficult situation. “
An employee of a Johannesburg-based company that had been hired by the Basic Department to print the exam scripts has since been arrested.
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