{"id":91773,"date":"2025-10-20T18:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/minister-confirms-readiness-for-2025-matric-exams"},"modified":"2025-10-20T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:13:11","slug":"minister-confirms-readiness-for-2025-matric-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/minister-confirms-readiness-for-2025-matric-exams","title":{"rendered":"Minister Confirms Readiness for 2025 Matric Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Siviwe Gwarube said her department is ready to for the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.<\/p>\n<p>This year, more than 900,000 candidates will sit for the examination.<\/p>\n<p>Gwarube said for the first time since 1996, the DBE has recorded the highest registration rate for full-time candidates with more than 700,000 registered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we have 766,000 candidates who have registered as full-time candidates. This is the highest number since the public examinations started in 1996. We also have 137,000 part-time candidates&#8230;in total we have 900,000 candidates will sit for the 2025 National Senior Certificate matric exams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes as more than 130,000 part-time candidates will be writing the exam.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Gwarube was briefing the media in Skukuza, Mpumalanga, outlining the country\u2019s readiness to deliver a smooth and secure exam season.<\/p>\n<p>The matric exam starts on 21 October and are due to end on 27 November.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Siviwe Gwarube said her department is ready to for the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. 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