Basic Education to appeal ruling clearing learners of group copying
The department has withheld their matric results for nearly two years.
The Department of Basic Education has decided to appeal a ruling from the Polokwane High Court that acquitted 50 learners from Baphutheng Secondary School of group copying. The department claims that crucial information was overlooked during the initial decision, which led to the suspension of these learners' matric results for nearly two years.
The high court has now ordered the department to release their matric results and overturn the guilty verdict. Priscilla Ogunbanjo, the Chief Director of the National Examinations and Assessments, stated that the department would await the appeal court's decision. She explained that various issues were not taken into account from the beginning, as the MEC had initially been appealed to, and the sanctions were appealed before going to court.
The department, however, has additional information that they believe was not fully considered, leading to the initiation of the appeal last week.
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