Newspaper article listing schools and students' matric results.has been lauded. The COVID-19 pandemic, sporadic service delivery protests and rolling blackouts were among the challenges that impacted schooling in most communities in the province.
These learners defied the odds and are among the top performers in the province. 51 000 of the 68 000 learners, who sat for their final exams in Mpumalanga, passed. “I was affected by both issues. There was a time I think in around February when a lot of people contracted covid, I also contracted covid and I was absent from school for a while and load shedding played a role because it was around the time I usually study, so there was a problem,” says top performer, Naledi Ramashu.
“Load shedding also contributes because it made the learners not to study the time when wanted to study, it was worse in the day when they were writing, will appreciate if that load shedding can be attended to,” says Mpumalanga Education, MEC Bonakele Majuba.
If government is producietjese stats then it should be independently audited. They lie like a cheap watch.