National
Matric marking completed - results out on Jan 6─── 13:16 Fri, 20 Dec 2013
Johannesburg - Matric marking has been completed and the results will be released in the first week of January.
The basic education department says in a statement that Minister Angie Motshekga will release the 2013 National Senior Certificate examination results on January 6.
On January 7 individual pupils' results would be available at schools and in print and online media. The department said its 35,000 markers, working in 118 marking centres, completed their task on December 15 and the subsequent data capturing process has been concluded.
A total of 57,690 full-time and 130,646 part-time candidates sat for the exams.
Quality assurance by Umalusi will now take place. The department has added security features, including a watermark and a serial number, to the statement of results to be issued to pupils.
