Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has wished matric pupils good luck as they sit for their May/June examinations, which kicked off on May 26.
The May/June examinations will conclude on July 7 with agriculture sciences paper two.
“I wish all 50 000 candidates who will be writing over the next month-or-so all the best,” Lesufi said.
About 485 000 question papers have been printed for exams in 66 subjects.
The breakdown of all the 49 681 candidates sitting for the exams in the province is as follows:
• 31 374 senior certificate
• 16 246 full-time national senior certificate (NSC)
• 246 part-time NSC;
• 1 023 NSC;
• 759 Adult Education and Training (AET) level four
According to the Gauteng Department of Education’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona the majority of candidates, 17 844, will be writing maths literacy, followed by life sciences (16 630) and mathematics (13 802). The marking will take place from July 12 to July 22 at six marking centres across the province.
“The Gauteng Education Department has also stationed six Covid-19 compliance team members per marking centre who have received training on compliance requirements and all standard compliance procedures followed at all marking centres,” Mabona said.
The registration for senior certificate commenced last year in October for manual and online registration and it closed on March 15. However, an extension for both manual and online registration was granted till March 31.
Meanwhile, for candidates for the NSC rewrite (supplementary) for the 2021 June examinations, registration commenced immediately after the release of results on February 23 and closed on March 31.
This included candidates who wrote the 2020 November examination. A special concession was granted to candidates who had registered to write in 2020 June to rewrite in June 2021.
“ The GDE remains committed to ensuring that all 2021 May/June examinations take place in a safe environment adhering strictly to all Covid-19 protocols, including wearing masks, social distancing and regularly washing/sanitizing of hands,” Mabona said.
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