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Article by Sisa Sityata-Soga
Yesterday [Monday 25 October 2010] marked the beginning of the first examination for the class of 2010 as they sat for the Computer Technology Paper 2 and Information Technology Paper2 this morning.
Even as support poured in for the province’s 2010 class, this year will go down history as the shortest in the school curriculum as the whole country almost came to a standstill during the public industrial strike and before that, the hosting of the 2010 world cup games.
Speaking in Zwelitsha on Sunday 24 October 2010 at a religious support service held on behalf of the province’s Grade 12s, South African Democratic Teachers’ Union’s Provincial Secretary Fezeka Loliwe acknowledged the little time that the learners had in the classroom along with the challenges they have had to face as the results of the strike action.
“Make sure that whatever little you may have been taught you know it all, because if you know little of the little you have been taught, you will have choked the breath of life out of your future”- she said.
Loliwe called for all matriculants to be disciplined and meticulous in their studying for the final examination and she urged the 2010 class to up last year’s provincial pass rate from the previous year’s 51, 6%.
“We wish you all the best and the least we are requesting from you is that you bring us a minimum of 58% when the results are announced next year”- she said much to the agreement of other leaders there.
Various learner-support programmes in the form of catch-up classes organised by department and other education partners were put to use in an effort to help all pupils ahead until the last day of the examination period.
Praising the work done by the department in preparing the learners, provincial SA Council of Churches’ Chief Ecumenical Officer Reverend Mpumelelo Qwabaza fervently maintained the belief that “this year would end with success”.
“We’ve seen the struggles that our children have had to go through this year, however, just as we recently united and stood together to fight for liberation of this country and to host a successful world cup, we could again in the same spirit unite and raise our voices to God and say even in this situation as our children are about to write their examination, God we come to you”- he prayed.
Amongst the education stakeholders who came to offer their full support to the learners were representatives from Naptosa, ECHTL, SGB and parents.
Article Tags: matric, Grade12, Examination
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