DBE’s incompetence places the exam results of 2020 Matrics at risk
11 December 2020
The judgment of the Gauteng High Court paints a damning picture of the incompetence of the Department of Basic Education (DBE). The court has decided that the decision that Matrics should rewrite the Mathematics Paper 2 and Physical Science Paper 2 on 15th and 17th December should be set aside.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on the DBE to respect and abide by the Court’s decision. This will avoid any further delays and disruptions to the 2020 academic year.
The Court has set aside the rewrite for two main reasons:
The court has found that the procedure to be irregular, and that on that ground alone the review succeeds. It is shocking that the DBE cannot even decide in their own papers and arguments who is supposed to take the decision. They argued that it was the Director General, then it was stated elsewhere that it was the Minister, and yet elsewhere that it was the Council of Education Ministers (CEM), which is not a decision-making body.