Lack of security threatens exams credibility
Thursday, October 15, 2015
“One of the key factors that underpin the credibility of any examination is security,” Mokopakgosi said when testifying before the parliamentary committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises this week. “We are also concerned about the security of examination materials at the centres.”
Mokopakgosi told the committee that there have been frequent break-ins at primary school centres, which if they continued might negatively impact on the credibility of the examination process. Because of lack of transport, he said, BEC depended on the private security companies to transport examinations material across the country, a practice that is risky. He added that security in schools where examination papers were marked was inadequate.
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