A leaked maths exam paper has resulted in the Mpumalanga education department withdrawing papers from 146 schools, the Sunday Independent reports.

Officials became suspicious when a pupil at a Witbank school took 30 minutes to complete a three-hour maths exam last week.

“When the child was questioned, he indicated that he got the paper from another school. We put the school on alert and then withdrew the papers,” Mpumalanga education department spokesman Jasper Zwane was quoted as saying.

The department was investigating two schools in the Witbank area. Papers at schools across the Nkangala district were withdrawn and back-up papers brought in before pupils wrote the exams.

Grade 10 business studies, accounting, and agriculture, and Grade 11 accounting, physical science, maths, maths literacy, and history were replaced.

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Nov 12, 2012

Right-Back-Khumalo

Can someone really copy mathematics? I wonder how....
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Nov 12, 2012

sowet123

every year mpumalanga bana le storie tse so.
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Nov 12, 2012

Stimela

He is stupid, why did he finish in 30 minutes, he should have stayed for two hours in the exam so no one will notice anything,
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Nov 12, 2012

Papage

That shows the type of Parents we have, they still exam papers for their kids and they expect them to be doctors and engineers, how stupid.
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Nov 12, 2012

Mulla

It’s a competition to finish exam in record time, but not for stupid cheaters.
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Nov 12, 2012

Msiphos00

My beloved province its a shame
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Nov 12, 2012

Vhamsanda

Tender fraud
Exam paper leakages

With the new university planned for this Province , Fake degrees are guaranteed .
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Nov 12, 2012

Mokwepa

Mpumalanga again.....i am from Kwa-Mhlanga and this disapoint me...nxa
thi boy why did he finish ka 30 min leyena dom kop
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Nov 12, 2012

Winilen

Mpumalanga as always
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Nov 12, 2012

malemaforpresident

When the child was questioned, he indicated that he got the paper from another school
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Mshishi wena lalile
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