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Letter to the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga
I write to you as a very concerned citizen regarding the proposed opening of schools for the new academic year, upon which you have both discretion and directive as vested by the authority of your ministerialship. There can be no doubt that any nation’s power lies with the wealth and strength of its educational system […]
Examination leaks in the context of performativity in South Africa
This could be one of the reasons why learners, teachers, and parents resorted to unorthodox practices to ensure performativity, false academic standing, and a depicted fallacy of hard work. Examination leaks are common throughout the world, with seemingly no tangible strategies to address this challenge. The challenge has attracted various conflicting discourses among academics in […]
Is it time for Matric exams to go digital?
For the first time in South Africa’s history, the Department of Basic Education on Friday 4 December, 2020 took the extraordinary step of deciding that Mathematics Paper 2, as well as Physical Science Paper 2, be rewritten following the leaks. The Covid-19 pandemic has already put traditional ways of assessing learners to the test, but […]
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Letter to the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga
I write to you as a very concerned citizen regarding the proposed opening of schools for the new academic year, upon which you have both discretion and directive as vested by the authority of your ministerialship. There can be no doubt that any nation’s power lies with the wealth and strength of its educational system […]
Examination leaks in the context of performativity in South Africa
This could be one of the reasons why learners, teachers, and parents resorted to unorthodox practices to ensure performativity, false academic standing, and a depicted fallacy of hard work. Examination leaks are common throughout the world, with seemingly no tangible strategies to address this challenge. The challenge has attracted various conflicting discourses among academics in […]
Is it time for Matric exams to go digital?
For the first time in South Africa’s history, the Department of Basic Education on Friday 4 December, 2020 took the extraordinary step of deciding that Mathematics Paper 2, as well as Physical Science Paper 2, be rewritten following the leaks. The Covid-19 pandemic has already put traditional ways of assessing learners to the test, but […]
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