South Africa's education minister dropped the hammer on two government workers after they got caught leaking matric exam papers to high schoolers around Pretoria. Siviwe Gwarube said the whole thing got busted when markers noticed some kids were writing answers that matched the official grading guides word for word, and one department employee with a kid taking finals apparently got the stuff from someone who works in the exam unit.
The leak hit seven schools and covered math, science, and English papers that got passed around on a USB drive. Over 900,000 students wrote exams this year, but only 26 kids got their hands on the stolen material before test day. The department is launching a full investigation with outside experts, and results are still dropping as planned since the cheating was contained to just a handful of schools.
Both suspended staffers are getting hit with criminal charges for stealing government property, and the minister made it clear the system caught the cheaters exactly like it was supposed to.
The leak hit seven schools and covered math, science, and English papers that got passed around on a USB drive. Over 900,000 students wrote exams this year, but only 26 kids got their hands on the stolen material before test day. The department is launching a full investigation with outside experts, and results are still dropping as planned since the cheating was contained to just a handful of schools.
Both suspended staffers are getting hit with criminal charges for stealing government property, and the minister made it clear the system caught the cheaters exactly like it was supposed to.
