Umalusi — the quality assurance in education and training body — has raised concerns that some provinces have a shortage of Afrikaans markers.
This was revealed by Mafu Rakometsi, Umalusi’s chief executive, on Thursday at a press briefing in Milpark, Johannesburg where the body announced that it had approved the writing of the 2019 matric examinations.
Rakometsi said the shortage of markers related to subjects such as maths, geography, history and business studies, which some learners write in Afrikaans.
He added that the problem is not with the markers that have to mark Afrikaans language.
“The heads of departments have been alerted and they have been told about the problems in their provinces, and it is for them to see how they sort it out. And we will be monitoring how they have sorted the problem out,” he said.
Rakometsi said there are a number of approaches that the provinces could look at to address the problems, including getting help from
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