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FS prepares for National Examinations

───   LUCKY NKUYANE 13:15 Fri, 12 Oct 2018

FS prepares for National Examinations  | News Article
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As the Free State Education Department gears up for the upcoming National final examinations across the country the Provincial department stopped at nothing by pulling an extravagant pledging ceremony for the matriculants.


In their Blue, White and Maroon scholar uniforms hundred of matriculants filled the dr. Petrus Molemela Indoor Sports Centre in Mangaung, Bloemfontein on Friday.


Different speakers took to the podium to give words of encouragement to matric pupils as they prepare themselves for this exams.

This is a bid to get them to pledge and commit from being unethical by, amongst others, cheating during the exams. The province for two consecutive years has managed to maintain its dominant position on the National ranks.


One of the speakers and a lecture Morris Masutha who flew from the United Kingdom (UK) for the ceremony encouraged the pupils to respect themselves and to brace any challenges that may come across during the exams.

The top performing province in the 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results was the Free State, which achieved an 86 percent pass rate, down by 2.2 percent from 2016.


At least thousands of matric pupils and 34 teachers and principals have been accused of being involved in mass cheating.


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