Pretoria - The first day of the 2011 National Senior Certificate exams has gone without any major problems, says the Department of Basic Education.
"Except for incidents of power outages at examination centres in the Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, things are going well so far," said Deputy Basic Education Minister Enver Surty.
More than 45 000 learners began their practical examination in Information Technology at various centres around the country this morning.
The big day for matrics will be 24 October, where a total of 620 266 learners - including 512 029 full time and 108 237 learners - will be write a two-hour English Home Language and First Additional Language Paper 1, and a two-and-half hour English Second Additional Language.
Exams end on 1 December 2011.
The department announced that the results will be officially released by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on 4 January 2012 and will be available in all major newspapers the following day including on mobile sites.
"The department is also gearing up to publish final examination results in all accredited newspapers," said Surty.
