MEC Debbie Schäfer sends stern warning to matrics ahead of exams
21 October 2021
Last year, a serious National Senior Certificate exam leak almost led to the rewriting of certain matric exams across the country. This illustrates just how much damage leaking and cheating can do, with far-reaching consequences not just for the learners involved, but many others too.
We cannot afford a repeat of such a situation this year.
Fortunately, there were no incidents of mass cheating in the Western Cape during the November NSC 2020 exams. There were however, 17 candidates in our province who were disqualified for cheating – 7 for possession of unauthorised material (crib notes), and 10 for possession of unauthorised electronic equipment (cell phones).
Being caught cheating has very serious repercussions for the learner. If found guilty, they could be disqualified from the exam, and even be barred from writing one to three subsequent examinations. Criminal prosecution could be instituted should it be found that the candidate is involved in the leakage of any examination question paper.