THE future of more than 70 matriculants at the Giyani College of Technology and Management in Limpopo is uncertain if the protracted problem between the institution and the provincial department of education is not sorted out quickly.
The pupils are expected to sit for their final examinations on Monday.
At the centre of the controversy are allegations that the pupils had not received timetables and candidates' letters to enable them to write the exams.
Sowetan was yesterday inundated with calls from frustrated parents and pupils who were scared that their dreams of going to university next year might not materialise.
Eunice Machebe, who wants to study nursing after matriculating, said the future looked bleak for her.
"I believe it will take a miracle for me to pass matric this year because I am not prepared at all.
"How can I be prepared if I do not have a timetable telling me when I am going to write a particular subject and on which day?" Machebe asked.
She said she had waited patiently since last week, hoping the college would give her the examination timetable "but that remains a pipe dream".
School principal Oscar Maswanganyi said he had submitted the application forms to the provincial education department before the deadline in March this year.
He was surprised the department had not sent them admission letters.
Department spokesman Pat Kgomo shifted the blame to college management, saying they submitted application forms with errors.
"We have advised them to rectify the forms in time, but it seems as if our pleas fell on deaf ears," Kgomo said.
"We are, however, trying our best to make sure that all the pupils have admission forms with timetables before they sit for their exams on Monday," he said.
Matric pupils have no schedule
THE future of more than 70 matriculants at the Giyani College of Technology and Management in Limpopo is uncertain if the protracted problem between the institution and the provincial department of education is not sorted out quickly.
The pupils are expected to sit for their final examinations on Monday.
At the centre of the controversy are allegations that the pupils had not received timetables and candidates' letters to enable them to write the exams.
Sowetan was yesterday inundated with calls from frustrated parents and pupils who were scared that their dreams of going to university next year might not materialise.
Eunice Machebe, who wants to study nursing after matriculating, said the future looked bleak for her.
"I believe it will take a miracle for me to pass matric this year because I am not prepared at all.
"How can I be prepared if I do not have a timetable telling me when I am going to write a particular subject and on which day?" Machebe asked.
She said she had waited patiently since last week, hoping the college would give her the examination timetable "but that remains a pipe dream".
School principal Oscar Maswanganyi said he had submitted the application forms to the provincial education department before the deadline in March this year.
He was surprised the department had not sent them admission letters.
Department spokesman Pat Kgomo shifted the blame to college management, saying they submitted application forms with errors.
"We have advised them to rectify the forms in time, but it seems as if our pleas fell on deaf ears," Kgomo said.
"We are, however, trying our best to make sure that all the pupils have admission forms with timetables before they sit for their exams on Monday," he said.
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