Basic Education Department releases May/June second chance matric examination results
According to a statement released by the DBE, a total of 239 024 candidates enrolled for this examination.
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) announced the release of May/ June second chance matric results on Tuesday last week. The Department’s Terence Khala said all those who sat for examination can now collect their results from the centres they wrote at or from their nearest district office.
“In the case of those who wrote the Senior Certificate they can log on to the Department’s website which is www.education.gov.za for more information,” added Khala.
The May/June examination is a special examination offered to adult candidates that have not attained a matric qualification and also to candidates that wrote the previous November examination but may not have met the requirements for a certificate or may have passed but wish to improve their results.
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According to a statement released by the DBE, a total of 239 024 candidates enrolled for this examination.
95 525 of these were National Senior Certificate candidates and 143 499 were Senior Certificate candidates. The writing of the May/June 2021 Grade 12 examination commenced on Wednesday, May 26 and concluded on Wednesday, July 07.
The examination was written by a diverse cohort of candidates, comprising of employed adults, unemployed youth and school learners that wrote the previous Grade 12 examination in November 2020.
“The 2021 May/June examination was successfully administered despite the enormous challenges relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. Both candidates with COVID-19 symptoms and those that tested positive were allowed to write the examination in special isolation venues.
“The prevalence of examination irregularities of a serious nature such as imposters, crib notes and possession of cell phones during the writing has declined compared to previous years,” said DBE in a statement.
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