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The High Court in the Eastern Cape, in Mthatha, has dismissed the application by parents of learners at Cibeni Senior Secondary in Port St Johns to force the Education Department to release last year’s Grade 12 results.

More than 400 learners who sat for final examinations at the school had their results withheld for suspicion of cheating during exams. The parents and SGB took the department to court, accusing it of infringing the learners’ rights to further their studies.A devastated learner, Zamangwane Sibhayi says justice has failed them.

“They are abusing our children while we are struggling. We are not free at all because government is fir everyone and not for those who are wealthy. We are poor parents but they are mistreating our children. We have also been ill-treated,”says another SGB member.The Department of Education has welcomed the ruling. Basic Education Spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga says the Department has been vindicated by the ruling.

But the parents are not letting this slide. Their legal representative, Hloniphile Mkhongozeli says they will take the matter to the highest court in the land, if needs be.

 

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