Durban – EThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has vowed to work with the KwaZulu-Natal education department to ensure there is uninterrupted provision of basic services at the metro’s exam centres.
Kaunda also wished the class of 2022 all the best in their exams, which started on Monday.
The mayor committed the City to work with the province’s education department to ensure that basic services are available in all exam centres in eThekwini to avert disruptions.
“As the leadership of the City, we are proud of the class of 2022 as it has shown great resilience. This is the class that has witnessed disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the July, 2021 civil unrest and the April and May floods. We are confident that these learners will do us proud as they have been able to reach their matric exams against many odds,” Kaunda said.
He called on parents, pupils and teachers to continue to work with the education department to make the 2022 matric exams a success.
“As part of our contribution to education, eThekwini Metro will be providing funding for tertiary education to financially needy students. Our Student Relief Fund will assist learners from poor backgrounds who performed well in matric with registration fees or help settle their outstanding fees.
“We will also provide bursaries to those pursuing their studies in fields with skills that are scarce in the country such as engineering, architecture, quantity surveying and applied chemistry,” Kaunda added.
Earlier, KZN Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube wished the matric class of 2022 well as they started writing their exams on Monday.
Matric pupils across the country are writing English Paper I.
Dube-Ncube also congratulated the class of 2022 for defying the odds and for making it thus far as they sit to write their first paper today for their finals.
In 2021, the matric pass rate for KZN was 76.8% which set an important benchmark as the province seeks to attain an 80% pass rate in 2022.
“I would like to wish the KwaZulu-Natal Matric Class of 2022 the best of luck in their final exams which started today. I am incredibly proud of each and every matric learner across the province.
“Leading up to today, we acknowledge that this group of learners went through disturbances such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the July, 2021 civil unrest, and the devastating flood disasters in April and May,” Dube-Ncube said.
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