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The Council of Education Ministers has called for urgent steps to be taken to deal with cheating in examinations.
The Council, which consists of the Minister of Basic Education, her Deputy and the provincial MEC's, met yesterday to discuss the preliminary report into allegations of group cheating in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal during last year's matric exams.
In a statement afterwards, the MEC's called for the process to be finalised with the utmost urgency.
Education Department spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, says the Education MEC's also acknowledged the serious nature of the copying and expressed concern at the extent to which adult invigilators, many of them teachers or principals, were involved in assisting learners.
Mhlanga said the MEC's felt there was a need to improve the system.
"The system is working but there is definitely a need to make improvements to ensure that this kind of thing does not spread to other provinces. They are concerned about this as it has tarnished the image of the examinations and should not happen again" he said.
