Times Of Swaziland: REVEALED: 4 OF 7 SCHOOLS WITH WITHHELD RESULTS

REVEALED: 4 OF 7 SCHOOLS WITH WITHHELD RESULTS
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BY NTOMBI MHLONGO on 02/01/2018 08:56:00


MBABANE – The head teacher of Othandweni Primary School is confused after the
school’s results were withheld.
JT Vilakati told this newspaper that he was set to visit the Examinations
Council of Swaziland (ECoS) today where he was hoping to get answers on what
happened. Other schools which had their results withheld are Jack Hersov,
Bhalekane Nazarene Primary School and Magengane Primary. Vilakati said causing
the confusion was the fact that the school’s centre number was 3 094 and that
the schools which came before his also did not appear in the results.
“This made us suspect that perhaps we were omitted. We will find out when we
get to the Examinations Council,” he said. Interestingly, the SPC Results have
not had the two centre numbers mentioned by Vilakati even in the past two years
which means that they might not be existent anymore or were changed by the Exams
Council.
Even though a comment could not be sourced from Bhalekane Nazarene Primary
School, its non-appearance in the results was easy to spot as it usually
appeared among the first due its centre number which is 1 002. In previous
years, the school would come second in the sequence of the results and would
come after All Saints Primary, whose centre number is 1001. Another school,
whose results have been withheld is the prestigious Jack Hersov Primary School
which is based at Maphiveni near Simunye and is privately-owned by the
cane-growing company, Tambankulu Estate. Standard V results for the school were
conspicuously missing when results for other primary schools were published in
the media on Saturday and this reportedly left both parents and teachers
extremely worried and confused. When reached for comment, the school Head
teacher Sibusiso Nkambule asked not to comment.
However, when pressed further, he confirmed that the Standard V results for the
school had been withheld but he stated that they were in the dark with regard to
the reasons why the results had been withheld. In a press conference on Friday,
ECoS Registrar Dr Edmund Mazibuko told the media that they would not release the
results for seven schools until they had concluded their probe. The number of
schools whose results were withheld in 2016 was only three..