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There is still no plan to paper on how pupils will write their exams.Image: GETTY IMAGES/ SAM EDWARDS
COMORBIDITIES

No plan for Eastern Cape pupils with comorbidities to write exams

Covid-19 is still keeping a number of teachers and pupils with underlying health conditions at home, but there is no clear plan from the department of education on how these pupils will be assessed and write their exams. Loyiso Mbinda,…

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The community of Roosevelt Park had their evening interrupted by a cloud of thick smoke, glowing flames and the sounds of sirens as a fire burned through the school hall at Roosevelt High School November 22, 2018Image: Jennifer Maritz, Institution of Fire Engineers SA, via Facebook
ASCHOOL

Exams will go ahead despite overnight fire at Roosevelt school

A school hall at Roosevelt Park High School in Johannesburg caught fire on Thursday evening, but all files and documents pertaining to the exams were unharmed, the school said on Friday. In a Facebook post, the school said a staff member…

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GOES

Matric maths exam ‘has not been leaked’: education department

A mathematics question paper for the 2018 class of matrics has not been leaked‚ the basic education department says. In a rebuttal of a letter being circulated‚ with the heading “notice of illegal distribution of matric final…

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