Matrics warned to expect "extremely tough" exam papers

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http://www.hayibo.com/articles/view/835

JOHANNESBURG. South Africa's education department has warned matrics to expect an exceptionally tough final examination this year, saying that they would have to spell their names correctly on their scripts in order to pass. According to a spokesman, the new standardised papers would "separate the wheat from the sheep and the chaff from the goats".

Education Ministry spokesman Aristotle Nkosi said that the more demanding exam papers had come as a shock to many in the education system, especially teachers who had not yet covered correct spelling of names in the syllabus.

He confirmed that the country's largest labour unions were threatening legal action against the Ministry of Education and had described the new exam papers as "rasist and diskriminatory towards teechers" on the grounds that many of their members had not yet learned to spell their own names correctly and were being placed in traumatic situations for which they had not been trained, such as having to teach children in a classroom.
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What have they been doing for 10 years if they can't spell their own names yet? :confused::confused: I thought if you couldn't spell in like grade 1 or 2 then you don't pass :/:/:/ what the heck is wrong with the system.
 
sandmanm34 said:
Extremely sad I would say...

These exams are going to be rougher cause candidates won't have copies a month before writing....
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Do you really think these exams will not leak out? When we had provincial exams there was always at least one leak in one of the provinces.

The security of those papers are now as strong as the weakest link...
 
What would tougher exams achieve? A higher failure rate?
So long as I know my work and my teachers know that I am happy.
 
I have heard talk of a possible doctorate in shoe lace tying being introduced at all universities next year. But you will need a degree in walking upright to qualify. This may be the stumbling block though (if you'll pardon the pun) in getting it off the ground.
 
I agree with you.

And more will fail, but they would just automatically pass them again, so i guess it is to extend some kind of credibility to the system.
 
I think it is a good thing they all learn the same work during the year why should the exams be different????
 
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