South Africa: Media Statement On the Practice of Publishing Matric Results in Newspapers

press release

The practice of publishing the matric results in the newspapers has become part of the South African tradition, with the release of the results in January every year. The original reason for this practice, is to assist learners who are on vacation away from their homes and are unable to get to their respective schools to collect their results.

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is aware of the adverse effect of this practice, and therefore in the last few years, the results are first released at the school at 08h00 in the morning, and thereafter the newspapers are allowed to release the results. The results are available to the learners at school, under the supervision of the school principal.

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