Many matric learners’ hopes have been dashed following the botched release of the recent matric exam results.
On 7 January matric learners from around the country were anxious to see their results in the newspapers before they fetched their academic statements from their respective schools. While some celebrated their achievements, others realised that they hadn’t made it.
Many matric learners’ hopes have been dashed following the botched release of the recent matric exam results.
On 7 January matric learners from around the country were anxious to see their results in the newspapers before they fetched their academic statements from their respective schools. While some celebrated their achievements, others realised that they hadn’t made it.
Unfortunately, among those who were disappointed were some pupils who had passed their exams but who were led to believe otherwise due to technical mistakes made by the Department of Education. The glitches, which include the missing names of learners in newspapers, has outraged learners and parents.
Science and business studies learners were the most affected because their names did not appear on the lists at all.
PJ Olivier and Victoria Girls’ High School faced challenges caused by the botched results. Although both schools had a 100% pass rate, some of their matric learners’ names were not on the list that was published.
These kinds of technical glitches caused some learners to be severely depressed while cases of suicide were also reported following the release of the results. The delays have also caused problems for learners needing to know their results so they can start further education or apply for jobs.
The technical glitches did not only cause problems for the affected learners but the Department of Education could not identify Eastern Cape’s top matric learners as a result of the glitch.
Spokesperson for the provincial Department of Education, Loyiso Pulumani said: "There has been a problem with the national systems which caused the delays." He urged learners to go back to their schools and check their results again or to go to the nearest district office to enquire about their results.
