{"id":1473,"date":"2021-12-07T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T08:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2021-12-07T10:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T08:59:01","slug":"marking-to-begin-for-2021-matric-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/12\/07\/marking-to-begin-for-2021-matric-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking to begin for 2021 matric exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marking of the 2021 National Senior Certificate examinations, which concluded without major incidents that could compromise the examination as a whole, will begin on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Basic Education in a statement said there were no confirmed reported serious irregularities that could threaten the credibility, integrity and image of the examinations, as a whole. This was apart from reported incidents of some candidates caught with crib notes and cellphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five-week long examination, which began on 27 October, was written in 6 326 public examination centres, 526 independent centres and 326 designated centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 897 786 candidates registered to sit for the November 2021 NSC examinations, comprising 735 677 full-time candidates and 162 109 part-time candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/south-africa\/marking-begin-2021-matric-exams\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking of the 2021 National Senior Certificate examinations, which concluded without major incidents that could compromise the examination as a whole, will begin on Wednesday. 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