Grade 12 learners who are positive for, or who show signs of covid-19, will now be allowed to write their end-of-year examinations.
The Department of Basic Education says those learners, who present temperatures of higher than 38-degrees on the day of their exam, will be allowed to sit for their respective exams.
Spokes-person at the Department, Elijah Mhlanga, says learners will however be moved to other venues, to complete their exams in isolation.
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Mhlanga says learners would also be required to see a medical doctor, as soon as they have finished writing their exam.
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The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Health have just concluded an agreement this evening that will ensure that learners who test positive for COVID-19 are allowed to write the final matric examinations. pic.twitter.com/bcEkczJEWe
— Dep. Basic Education (@DBE_SA) November 4, 2020
From @DBE_SA and @HealthZA pic.twitter.com/rE4ZlxWFBq
— Elijah Mhlanga (@ElijahMhlanga) November 4, 2020
