Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has confirmed the leak of seven matric examination papers to matric pupils in Gauteng prior to the exams. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube hasannounced Grade 12 pupils at seven Tshwane high schools had access toNational Senior Certificate examination papers for three subjects prior to the exams. announced Grade 12 pupils at seven Tshwane high schools had access toNational Senior Certificate examination papers for three subjects prior to the exams.
National Senior Certificate examination papers for three subjects prior to the exams. She said in a briefing on Thursday thatit was determined that the leak could only have come from the Department of Basic Education’s offices. Further education revealed that the breach extended beyond a single paper, based on the interviews with 26 learners that were conducted.
She said that of the 162 exam papers set by the DBE, a total of7 papers were accessed including English P1, P2 and P3, Mathematics P1 and P2 and Physical Science P1 and P2. 7 papers were accessed including English P1, P2 and P3, Mathematics P1 and P2 and Physical Science P1 and P2. The exam papers were shared via a USB storage device and confined to seven schools in Tshwane.
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She said it was further established that the source of the leak is a DBE employee who has a child in Grade 12 and she received the papers from another official in the exams unit. Gwarube said the breach was discovered through thediligence of markers during the marking process who found that amatric pupil’s response to a question in the English Home Language paper 2 was very similar to the answer in the marking guideline. diligence of markers during the marking process who found that a
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