Matriculants in South Africa entered the second week of their National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, with four more weeks before the final papers are written on 5 December.
Approximately 921 000 matriculants registered at the Department of Education for this year’s NSC, which commenced on Monday, 30 October, when all candidates sat for English paper 1. This is 65 393 more learners than last year, according to Umalusi, the quality assurance body.
In the Northern Cape, 15 673 candidates were registered, of which 13 097 are full-time and 2 576 part-time. The Northern Cape has 146 NSC examination writing centres.
On Monday, 6 November, matriculants wrote the second Mathematics paper after the first paper in this subject was written on Friday.
“Friday’s paper was much better,” says Khumo Modubeki, a matriculant at the Kimberley Girls’ High School.
According to her, Monday’s paper was “80% okay, and 20% not okay”.
She is looking forward to writing Accounting, which she deems as the easiest of her subjects. Khomo tells herself to just keep pushing until the end, although she finds it challenging to stay disciplined and keep to her timetable.
Nakisha Kamies, also of Girls’ High, who wrote Mathematics Literacy, agrees that Friday’s paper was better than Monday’s. For her, the most difficult subject is Computer Applications Technology (CAT), while she deems Tourism as the easiest. A challenge for her is time-management, which is not easily done, especially when ons has to write a few subjects without a break.
She shares that praying sustains her energy, and she follows a strict schedule that outlines her time for eating, studying, and resting.
