The principal of the Phefeni Senior Secondary School in Orlando West, who was also the chief invigilator at the school, yesterday forgot to load a box with 20 exam question papers into his car when he went to pick them up from the nodal point.

Gauteng education spokesman Charles Phahlane said: "The headmaster was tasked with collecting exam papers from the local nodal point at 7am this (yesterday) morning. He appears to have put the box with exam papers on the roof of the vehicle. He drove off forgetting to put the box inside the vehicle.

"Answer papers submitted by learners at four schools within the geographic area of the loss will be quarantined to establish whether learners had prior knowledge of the paper."

Phahlane said the principal had been suspended as invigilator and replaced with his deputy. Charges against the principal regarding this incident were being formulated.

"All necessary steps have been taken to ensure the integrity of the physical science examination paper.

"The exam process remains completely intact. The Gauteng education department has informed the national Department of Basic Education of the measures and they are satisfied with the steps taken," he said.

Two weeks ago, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said security had been tightened around question papers this year.

Motshekga said at the time: "Most provinces have installed CCTV cameras, biometric access control systems and alarms at the distribution points to avoid any security breaches ..."

Motshekga also said the department would escort sealed exam papers to schools on the day the papers were due to be written.

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Oct 26, 2012

warry

Discipline the principal. Bloody stupid, shishi hoho.
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Oct 26, 2012

MophemeKoPitori

I agree with you Warry. The principal is not FIT to be a leader and yes mistakes do happen but not in this way.
Now he put the education dept in disrepute

Bloody Agent
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Oct 26, 2012

Papage

Not again, how long these stupid mistakes will keep on happening.
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Oct 26, 2012

DeOvi

the principal did not do that deliberatly...it was jus a mistake thats all
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Oct 26, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

This is still happening again mara why I did my matric over 15 years ago and the same thing happened where a physical science paper was stolen and we had to write a tougher paper comon this is rubbishh!!
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Oct 26, 2012

MommaC

Remember the story about the lady who put her baby on the roof and drove off?
It happens because they walk among us
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Oct 26, 2012

Dzel

Forgot them on the roof? Yeah right!!!
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Oct 26, 2012

Zimzalabam1

Stupidity or a genuine mistake,i'd like to think its the latter.
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Oct 26, 2012

Serene

shame i believe that was an honest mistake. the principal had a lot on his mind.
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Oct 26, 2012

lucky7

The Principal is negligent, the future of those students are in his hands. I don't buy it when other bloggers says it was a mistake. A reasonable person should have ensure all the boxes were in the car.
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