Umalusi Archives - Voice of the Cape

Umalusi appeals to communities to not interfere in matric exams

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With less than fifteen days before the matric class of 2023 take that final seat in the examination room, various organisation including the quality assurance body, Umalusi is appealing to communities to not interfere. As concerns mount about potential disruptions, including load-shedding, cheating and community protests that could negatively affect the learners, Biki Lepota of Umalusi said that various contingency plans are in place. “In terms […]

18 October 2023

Local

Umalusi warns about bogus online schools and websites selling fake certificates

Education quality assurance body Umalusi has warned against bogus online schools and websites selling fake certificates. Umalusi has expressed concerns about the mushrooming of bogus online schools and an increase in reported cases of fake certificates being sold to unsuspecting members of the public. “To date Umalusi has not accredited any online school to offer any of its qualifications. In the same vein, Umalusi is not aware of any such […]

23 June 2023

Local

Umalusi to brief the media on 2022 matric exam results

Education quality assurance body, Umalusi, will on Monday morning brief the media on the status of the 2022 national matric examination results. Private school results are set to be released on Wednesday and public schools on Thursday. Over 900 000 matric learners wrote the exams. Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says it is worrying that not all learners who registered for the class of 2022 matric exams managed to sit for […]

16 January 2023

Local

Universities to accommodate delay in release of matric marks, assures Umalusi

Education quality assurance body Umalusi said matriculants waiting to submit their final results at universities would not miss admission deadlines. Umalusi assured pupils that tertiary institutions were cognisant of the delay in the release of matric results, and would adjust their admission dates accordingly. In previous years, final matric results were released in the first week of January. However, this year, they will be released on the 20th. The Department […]

7 January 2023

Local

Umalusi gives green light for 2022 matric exams

LOCAL Umalusi has approved the writing of the 2022 end-of-year matric exams. The education quality assurance council said on Friday it had completed its role of monitoring and verifying the readiness of the public and private assessment bodies to manage and conduct the 2022 exams. The assessment bodies are the department of basic education (DBE), the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) and the South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute (SACAI). About 942,000 […]

15 October 2022

Local

Umalusi ready for matric exams, wants more regulation of online schools

Umalusi on Friday said that it was all systems go for this year's final matric exams, however, the same could not be said about online schools. Every year the regulatory body has to evaluate whether public and private schools are ready to handle the large number of pupils expected to write their final papers. This year, more than 958,000 pupils will sit to write their final year exam in public […]

16 October 2021

Local

Matric results | 98.8% of pupils pass 2019 IEB exams

A total of 98.82% of pupils passed the 2019 Independent Examinations Board (IEB) National Senior Certificate exams, it was announced on Tuesday. The IEB pass rate decreased from 98.92% the previous year, its CEO Anne Oberholzer said in a statement. IEB 2019 matric results are out! Here are your results Writing examinations in October and November were 11 818 full-time pupils and 779 part-time pupils. She said 89.51% qualified for […]

7 January 2020

Local

Umalusi gives 2017 matric results green light

Tight security measures and system improvements have paid off for the Department of Basic Education‚ with not a single question paper leaked for the first time in years. Despite minor incidences of individual irregularities where candidates were caught with script notes and cell phones in examination centres‚ Umalusi is satisfied that there were no systematic irregularities that might have compromised the credibility and integrity of the examinations. Umalusi CEO‚ Dr […]

30 December 2017

Local

Umalusi says matric mark adjustments above board

Education experts say there is nothing fishy about the standardisation process used by the Council for Quality Assurance in Further Education and Training‚ Umalusi‚ in the wake of criticism of the process by the Democratic Alliance (DA). In an open letter addressed to Umalusi CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi‚ DA education spokesman Gavin Davis suggested that the methodology employed for mark adjustments in matric results was unsound. This is something Umalusi […]

4 January 2017

Umalusi

Download our new app

Download
our new app