Experts divided as pupils to get 5% extra marks to stop them failing
The 2020-only policy for grades 4 and 9 has boffins worried about class sizes, under-preparedness and heterogeneity
25 November 2020 - 20:26
The department of basic education has asked schools to award extra marks to pupils who fail some subjects in grades 4 to 9 in a bid to prevent a high number of them from repeating the same grade next year...
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