Umalusi calls for action against invigilators implicated in 2022 matric exams irregularities

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Education quality assurance body Umalusi has requested the basic education and the higher education and training departments to report on steps taken against officials implicated in irregularities in the 2022 matric exams.

Group copying was reported in five exam centres in the Eastern Cape with 52 pupils involved, one in the Free State where 14 were involved, two in Gauteng with six involved and two centres in North West with nine pupils involved.

“I can go on, the list is long. There will be cellphone issues and at the time the investigation is conducted the learner is not available to account for his conduct,” he said.the National Senior Certificate exam is offered by three assessment bodies — the private South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute accredited by Umalusi, the Independent Examinations Board and the DBE.

The “raw” marks were accepted in 47 subjects , mainly upward adjustments were effected in 10 subjects and mainly downward adjustments were made in four subjects .There were 6,907 exam centres and 191 marking centres around the country. The Umalusi executive committee concluded that the exams were administered largely in accordance with the regulations pertaining to the conduct, administration and management of the NSC exams, said Ballim.

 

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