Matric Exams And The Pandemic: A Lost Generation?
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The matric examinations are stressful even at the best of times. But this year, the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent lockdown and closing of schools, laid bare the existing well-documented troubles of the South African schooling system, while adding a range of new challenges.
The 2020 matrics are writing exams under more scrutiny and stress than previous matric classes - and that raises a number of questions about their performance, and their futures.
Prof. Rouaan Maarman, Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape joins us online for comment
The 2020 matrics are writing exams under more scrutiny and stress than previous matric classes - and that raises a number of questions about their performance, and their futures.
Prof. Rouaan Maarman, Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape joins us online for comment
