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 Good morning to all learners, teachers, principals and parents listening to the radio or watching these proceedings on national television.

 I want to also welcome all education stakeholders and members of the media present today on this very significant occasion as we announce the results of the National Senior Certificate Grade 12 examinations for 2009.

I am pleased to be announcing the results of all nine provinces today, including the results of Mpumalanga. As you know, Umalusi, the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, took the decision on Monday 4 January 2010 to delay the approval of the release of the results for Mpumalanga while their rigorous checking of the province's examination results continued. The Umalusi Chairperson, Prof Volmink, informed me last night that following a rigorous process, the Council found no evidence of a systemic problem in Mpumalanga, and was therefore satisfied that the Mpumalanga results are credible and could thus be released by the Department.

Following Umalusi's decision and the report that I received following the investigation into the leaks of the examination papers in Mpumalanga, I met with the Premier of Mpumalanga and the MEC for Education on Monday 04 January 2010. We agreed that there is a need to defend the integrity and standing of the examination process in Mpumalanga and that the examination structures in the Mpumalanga Education Department will immediately be re-constituted. We also agreed that the national Department will from 2010 assume responsibility for the administration of the National Senior Certificate examination process in Mpumalanga until the necessary systems are in place in the province.

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