The basic education department will investigate matric examinations for adult students in KwaZulu-Natal, after irregularities were uncovered.<\/p>\n
According to the department, the irregularities were picked up after an audit was carried out on answer scripts from 95 examination centres.<\/p>\n
“This was prompted by examination irregularities that were detected jointly by the DBE and KwaZulu-Natal education department and confirmed by the Quality Assurance Council, Umalusi,” the department said.<\/p>\n
The investigation will affect those who wrote the so-called “old matric” that has been offered to adult students since 2008.<\/p>\n
According to the department, there were reports that those writing the examinations were receiving assistance from invigilators during the exam.<\/p>\n
An audit of examination papers at 95 out of a total of 365 examination centres revealed “that there has been orchestrated support provided to candidates at certain centres in the province during the writing of the 2014 Senior Certificate examination”.<\/p>\n
According to the department, the cheating was widespread across the province.<\/p>\n
“Of the 95 examination centres that were subjected to the investigative audit, 49 were found to have engaged in one type of irregularity or the other and 46 were cleared.”<\/p>\n
Umalusi, in conjunction with the department, will be holding back the results from KwaZulu-Natal province until a full investigation is completed.<\/p>\n
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