Question No. 896
Mr GG Boinamo to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) Why are the results of learners who wrote their supplementary examinations in June 2009 delayed until January 2010;
(2) Whether the results will be released, if not, why not; if so, when?
Reply:
1. There is no delay in the release of the 2009 supplementary examination results. The 2009 national senior certificate (NSC) supplementary examination was written during February and March 2009 and all results were released on 30 April 09. In addition the Department of Education conducted the 2009 senior certificate examination that allows learners that failed to complete the senior certificate (“old matric”) prior to 2008, to write their outstanding subjects in a special senior certificate examination during May and June 2009. The results of this examination were released on 31 July 2009. Results were available at examination centres where the candidates wrote the examination. Therefore, based on the information available to the Department of Education, there are no outstanding results.
2. Based on the explanation provided in (1), there are no results that are outstanding. However, if there are candidates that have not yet received their results, they are requested to make contact with the provincial education department, and these results will be made available to them, immediately.
Issued by: Department of Basic Education
21 August 2009
Source: Department of Education (http://www.education.gov.za/)
