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Successful Conclusion of KZN's 2002 Senior Certificate Examination

Professor LBG Ndabandaba,Minister of Education and Culture personally visited examination centres and wished candidates the best in their exams

The Department of Education is confident of achieving better results this year compared to previous years due to the many matric intervention programmes that were instituted. The matric results will be released shortly.

The mammoth task of marking examination scripts at 18 marking venues in a record breaking 10 days was completed two days ahead of schedule.

The Minister of Education and Culture, Professor Ndabandaba visited marking centres to monitor and support markers who put in long hours to meet deadlines.

Approximately 5 682 moderators, examiners, markers, senior markers, deputy chief markers and chief markers were employed to undertake this process. A total of 757 casual staff was appointed to assist in this process coupled with 122 permanent staff. 

The results will be available on the Department’s website: http://www.kzneducation.gov.za or on the independent online (IOL) website: http://www.iol.co.za.

Vodacom telephone no: Senior Certificate (SC) Results 082 234 9007
Technical College (TC) Results 082 234 9100.
Newsbreak 082 152 or on Cell C SC Results & TC Results 084 190 9000. 

State of readiness for 2003
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education is busy with preparations to ensure that all systems are in place when schools reopen in the new year. The Department is calling upon principals to ensure that all systems are in place when schools reopen in the new year. The Department is calling upon principals to ensure that time tables are ready and the post provisioning norms applied before learners return to school. Principals are called upon to speed up the registration process at schools where registration was not finalised in September/October 2002. 

School management teams are encouraged to start earlier to prepare for learning and teaching which should begin on the first day that learners report to school.

The Procurement Component reported that 65% of the textbooks have been received with 95% of deliveries expected when schools reopen.

Arrangements have been made with stationery suppliers to remain open over the festive season to ensure that bulk orders are delivered before schools reopen or immediately thereafter. Regions have been requested to place orders for furniture. The Department is doing everything possible to ensure that learner support material is delivered to schools timeously.

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