Matric exam timetable AMENDED To October 27 – Here are the changes;- The Department of Basic Education has announced some key changes to the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations’ timetable for 2021.
Matric learners were scheduled to sit down for their first exam on 1 November – however, the department has changed the date to 27 October. This means there are now some slight changes to the matric exam timetable.
Matric exam timetable AMENDED To October 27 – Here are the changes
The Basic Education department says English (Home Language, First Additional Language and Second Additional Language) Paper 1, Business Studies Paper 1, and the Non-Official Languages Paper 1, scheduled originally for 1 & 2 November, will now be written on 27 & 28 October respectively.
“The Council of Education Ministers held a special meeting where the decision was taken earlier this morning. The CEM meeting took place following the series of consultations with the key stakeholders in the Basic Education sector,” said department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga in a statement on Wednesday morning, 15 September 2021.
The department says the changes were made following the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ decision to hold the local government elections on 1 November, in accordance with a Constitutional Court ruling.
“On Friday, 10th September 2021, consultations took place with key stakeholders that included Teacher Unions, School governing Body Associations and Professional Bodies. The purpose of the consultation sessions was to deliberate on what would be the most appropriate option regarding a change to the timetable, given that there are five weeks away from the commencement of the examination”
Department of Basic Education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga
Apart from the first two days in the October/November matric exam timetable, it still applies and it isn’t certain whether a new one will be issued. This means from every subject being written from 3 November in the exam timetable remains unchanged, unless the Basic Education department indicates otherwise.
“The best interest of the learner was a key consideration in addition to ensuring that a minimum change to the current timetable was made to avoid confusion. The Department of Basic Education urges candidates preparing for the examination to keep working hard. The Department has made available a wide range of resources to assist the learners with support materials on different platforms through the Remote and Digital Learning Programme Woza Matrics,” Mhlanga added.
