Learners listening to Education MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya the final support activation held at Makhado EMPC.
All stakeholders in the community are urged to ensure that loud music, festivals and social gatherings are suppressed for the duration of the exams to give candidates ample time to study and focus.
Limpopo Education MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya extended the call to liquor outlets owners and taxi drivers to mute the sound in support of over 94 000 candidates and learners from the other grades who will also start with their exams in November.
MEC Lerule-Ramakhanya is confident that the 2023 Matric Class will do better than the previous cohort. The MEC says the learners and educators in all grades got enough support since the beginning of the year to prepare them for year-end examinations.
The intervention strategies included Saturday classes, Enrichment Camps and accountability sessions for poor performing schools and circuits. Limpopo has over 94 000 candidates registered to sit for final matric exams this year. Vhembe East has the highest number of candidates followed by Capricorn South with Waterberg registering the lowest number of candidates.
The MEC led the learner support programs in all the Districts. The countdown to Matric was held in Mopani East, 30 days before the start of the final exams to encourage candidates to do well. The Matric Final Push Programme was held in Lephalale at Mabalane Seleka Technical High School, 13 days ahead of the first paper. The MEC addressed just over 400 matric learners from five different schools currently in the camp.
The final support activation was held in Vhembe West, Makhado EMPC where over 1000 learners from three circuits were part of the pledge signing. The signing of the pledge nine days before the start of the examination was a reminder to candidates to abide by the Examination Laws and rules. The MEC is once again pleading with parents to give maximum support to the candidates and must not burden them with domestic chores.