Name cheating schools – DA
JOBURG - At a packed Linder Auditorium at Wits for the announcement of the province’s 2014 National Senior Certificate results, Gauteng MEC for Education Phanyaza Lesufi raised his grave concerns on allegations of cheating during exams without naming them but the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has urged him to do so and for a strong action against them.
JOBURG -The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has urged Gauteng MEC for Education Phanyaza Lesufi to name the schools implicated in cheating in the matric exams.
DA Gauteng member of provincial legislature and shadow MEC for Education, Khume Ramulifho said, “The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng called on Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi to name the six schools implicated in cheating in the 2014 National Senior Certificate exams.
“During the recent unveiling of the matric results, Lesufi revealed that one public school and five independent schools in the province are alleged to have been involved in group cheating.”
Lesufi had said that is department would not tolerate cheating. “The department is finalising its report but if these schools are found guilty, we will immediately as a province, de-register the examination centres…The subsidised independent schools, if found guilty, they can kiss their subsidies goodbye,” he said.
However, Ramulifho said the DA believed that an investigation should be launched urgently.”Serious action against the individuals concerned should be taken, otherwise these would have unnecessarily put the future of young people at risk,” he said.
Ramulifho said the DA further called on the MEC to make the findings of the investigations public, and while doing so, assure the public that these had been conducted in a transparent manner.
“The public schools should be put under administration and all staff members found to be guilty should be dismissed summarily and struck off the teachers roll,” said Ramulifho.
He added that the independent schools should be de-registered and owners of the schools should be blacklisted, ensuring that non-cheating pupils were not in any way disadvantaged. “Such actions will send a strong message that cheating will not be tolerated and protect the interest of the learners who expect to get quality education.”
He emphasised that by making the schools’ names public, the MEC would allow parents to make informed decisions when registering their children for the current academic year and in the future.
