Matric exams run smoothly in NW despite protest threats
Grade 12 examinations were running smoothly in North West despite threats of protest, the provincial department of education said on Wednesday.
Spokesman Elias Malindi said 43 pupils at Bogosing Secondary School in Maphoitsile were accommodated at PH Moeketsi Secondary School in Taung, after threats by community members to disrupt schooling and examinations due to service delivery demands, when exams started on Monday.
Another 55 pupils from Kopela near Delarayville were taken to Vryburg after local schools were burnt down during a service delivery protest on September 30.
A total of 33,844 learners from 383 schools across the North West province are writing the 2015 National Senior Certificate [NSC] examinations.