Image: Alima MilaziThe Department of Basic Education says the first day of the National Senior Certificate examinations got underway in all provinces without any major challenges. Almost 800 000 learners sat for a two-hour English Paper 1, in around 7 000 exam centres across the country.
It is all mixed emotions as 39 learners linger outside their exam centre in Rand Tutorial College in Gauteng, waiting anxiously to get inside for their first paper of 2022 final exams. “Today, we have our first final exam which is English Paper 1 Home language. I would say I am ready. I have to be ready, as this is my final exam.”