Matric exam 2023 mistakes confirmed and corrected! – Full list

A couple of mistakes were made across subjects during the 2023 matric exams. Here is the full list of papers that have been affected and corrected.

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The 2023 matric exams contained a couple of printing errors. Some, more costly than others. Therefore, some big adjustments had to be made.

Lets take a look at the subjects and papers impacted by these errors.

FULL LIST OF 2023 MATRIC EXAMS CONTAINING MISTAKES

Physical Sciences (Paper 2) – A printing error pertaining to a question worth three marks was made.

Furthermore, in the North West, the same paper had missing grid lines which affected a question worth six marks.

isiZulu First Additional Language (Paper 2) – 64 candidates were not informed that new poems and short stories would be introduced. This resulted in students preparing for outdates set works.

Geography (Paper 1) – Afrikaans-translated: Poor translation quality negatively impacted two questions worth three marks.

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LIMPOPO STUDENTS AFFECTED BY SIGNIFICANT PRITING ERRORS

In Limpopo, three subjects were drastically impacted due to significant printing errors.

Moreover, these were the papers affected (in Limpopo):

Civil Service – Over 60 marks (the exact number has not been made public).

Construction – 31 and 14 marks respectively.

Woodworking – Over 20 marks (exact number not made public)

PAPERS CORRECTED AS MATRIC RESULTS GET THE GREEN LIGHT

Umalusi chairperson, Yunus Ballim stated that all errors have been recognized and corrected accordingly.

“To mitigate the possible impact of the above errors on the performance of candidates, the questions concerned were excluded from the marking process, and the marks achieved were upscaled using conversion tables,” Ballim confirmed on BusinessTech.

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