Pretoria - The Western Cape Education Department is offering free tuition to matric candidates who qualified to write supplementary exams following last year's matric exams.
A total of 5 850 candidates have qualified for the 2011/2012 supplementary exams. They have up until 24 January to register for the supplementary exams which are to be written in February and March, said Education MEC Donald Grant on Thursday.
The province's tuition programme includes broadcasting revision lessons via satellite to 145 schools across the province via a system which was set up originally to provide extra tuition for matric candidates.
Expert teachers are due to provide lessons via satellite to candidates and revision lessons will cover seven subjects namely Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Accounting, Geography, Life Sciences, English FAL and Afrikaans HL.
The lessons kick off on 7 February and will end on 8 March. Supplementary exams will begin on 9 February starting with Computer Applications Technology and will end on 22 March 2012 with Mechanical Technology.
"Candidates who wish to register for these lessons can do so by contacting any of the 145 schools offering the programme. Candidates who arrive unregistered on the day will also be welcomed. Candidates are encouraged to register in advance for planning purposes," said the department.
Candidates qualify to write the supplementary exams if they failed no more than two subjects. They can also apply if they missed exams for medical reasons or need higher marks for university study.
Candidates can obtain further details on the tuition programme on the WCED website at http://wced.school.za. Those who do not have access to any of the 145 schools can buy support lessons on DVDs at a nominal price from the department.
The schools that will offer the programme include Bridgetown Secondary and Indwe Secondary.
