More than 77 000 candidates to sit for matric exams in Western Cape

A learner writing an exam.

More than 77 000 candidates will sit down for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams in the Western Cape this year, with more than 3 000 more full-time candidates than last year.

In what the Western Cape Education Department describes as a mammoth administrative exercise, candidates will write in close to 500 exam centres, with more than 2 000 invigilators appointed to keep a close eye on proceedings.

The exams begin on Tuesday, 21 October.

Western Cape Education Minister David Maynier says around 100 different exam papers will be written by the time the exams end on 26 November.

“We appreciate the incredible work that our examination officials do each year to ensure that the exams run smoothly. Our matrics and their teachers have also put in a tremendous amount of work to prepare for these exams, so we appeal to everyone in our province to put the best interests of our candidates first during the exam period. We wish our candidates all the best for the final days of revision and look forward to celebrating with them when the results are released.”