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â€˜FAKEâ€™ FORM 5 RESULTS HIT SOCIAL MEDIA

By Samkelisiwe Khoza | 2019-01-21

EXCITEMENT and anxiety sparked as a ‘fake’ list of top 50 excelled 2018 SGCSE pupils hit social media yesterday.

SGCSE is the Swaziland General Certificate of Secondary Education.

The fake list surfaced just when every parent who has a child in Form Five patiently awaits the release of the results at the edge of their seats. Some parents who had the chance to have a glimpse of the fake list began celebrating and posted on social media platforms, mostly Facebook and WhatsApp.

However, members of the public wondered if the list was really fake or it was an authentic one but leaked from the Examinations Council of Eswatini (ECESWA).

ECESWA Registrar Dr Edmund Ma-zibuko refuted those sentiments and clarified that the Council had not met yet regarding the Form Five results.

“The top excelled SGCSE pupils’ list has not been compiled as of yet, the Council is scheduled to meet this week regarding the results. That list is not official,” Dr Mazibuko said.

Dr Mazibuko said the Council had the proper forum to release results and that was through local newspapers, radio and television stations. He said Swazis should not consider the circulating fake list but wait for the official release of the results through the correct platforms.

Moreover, the Minister of Education and Training, Lady Howard-Mabuza said it is so troubling that people go as far as creating a fake list of passes while parents and pupils are nervously waiting for the results. “It is impossible that results can be released to the public without touching base with the ministry of education and training together with Cabinet,” Mabuza said.

Results

The minister said the Form Five results had not even reached the ministry and the Cabinet. She said there was a scheduled meeting with the ECESWA on Thursday, regarding the release of the results.

Mabuza explained that usually, the ministry and the ECESWA indulged in a meeting during the early hours of the morning, 8am before she delivers them to the Cabinet thereafter. She said it was only then that media houses were engaged at a press conference, where the well performed pupils are announced.

Without the minister saying it, calculations are that the Form Five results will be released on Thursday and the members of the public will receive them the following day, Friday.

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