Pupils had mixed reactions to yesterday’s accounting paper on day two of the 2014 matric exams.
The Daily Dispatch spoke to the matric class from Masixole Senior Secondary School in Mdantsane’s NU 9 where some pupils complained of insufficient time to complete all the questions while others said they had faired better than the September paper.
The three-hour paper consisted of six sections and included questions on VAT, inventory and ethics, creditor’s reconciliation and internal control and financial statements.
Anda Masepe said he had struggled with question six in particular.
“The rest of the paper was good but when I got to question six, which was the last question, I realised that I might not have enough time to finish,” Masepe said.
“I did my best and answered every question but I didn’t have enough time to go back and check my answers which is what is worrying me.”
Bulelani Nani said he had been relieved the paper had contained no surprises but had comprised all the work covered throughout the year while Sandisa Makhuphula said the September exams had been tough training for the final.
“I had so many empty spaces in my answer paper in September and not because I didn’t have the answers, there just wasn’t enough time to work through everything,” she said.
Masixole accounting teacher Nomathamsanqa Mpondo, who perused the paper following the exam, said it had been a fair culmination of all the work covered from the start of the year.
“I was worried about how they would do because pupils become like your children,” Mpondo said.
“But I have seen the paper and everything looks above board.
“We had enough time to get through the syllabus so we had plenty of time for revision.”
Mpondo said that she had urged all her pupils to ensure that they answer all the questions and leave no blank spaces.
Education department spokesman Malibongwe Mtima said there were no irregularities reported from any of the districts.
“Our records show that day two went off well. Nothing was reported to us,” he said. A total of 128779 full time and 23694 part time pupils wrote the paper.
Department of Basic Education spokesman Elijah Mhlanga said a number of issues had been reported on day one, which were quickly rectified.
He said pupils “across a marginal number of centres in the Western Cape had delayed starts”, while one experienced the late arrival of pupils due to a minor vehicle accident.
“None of the learners were hurt nor adversely affected in the examinations as they were compensated for the lost time,” Mhlanga said. — zisandan@dispatch.co.za
Matric accounting exam went well for most
The Daily Dispatch spoke to the matric class from Masixole Senior Secondary School in Mdantsane’s NU 9 where some pupils complained of insufficient time to complete all the questions while others said they had faired better than the September paper.
The three-hour paper consisted of six sections and included questions on VAT, inventory and ethics, creditor’s reconciliation and internal control and financial statements.
Anda Masepe said he had struggled with question six in particular.
“The rest of the paper was good but when I got to question six, which was the last question, I realised that I might not have enough time to finish,” Masepe said.
“I did my best and answered every question but I didn’t have enough time to go back and check my answers which is what is worrying me.”
Bulelani Nani said he had been relieved the paper had contained no surprises but had comprised all the work covered throughout the year while Sandisa Makhuphula said the September exams had been tough training for the final.
“I had so many empty spaces in my answer paper in September and not because I didn’t have the answers, there just wasn’t enough time to work through everything,” she said.
Masixole accounting teacher Nomathamsanqa Mpondo, who perused the paper following the exam, said it had been a fair culmination of all the work covered from the start of the year.
“I was worried about how they would do because pupils become like your children,” Mpondo said.
“But I have seen the paper and everything looks above board.
“We had enough time to get through the syllabus so we had plenty of time for revision.”
Mpondo said that she had urged all her pupils to ensure that they answer all the questions and leave no blank spaces.
Education department spokesman Malibongwe Mtima said there were no irregularities reported from any of the districts.
“Our records show that day two went off well. Nothing was reported to us,” he said. A total of 128779 full time and 23694 part time pupils wrote the paper.
Department of Basic Education spokesman Elijah Mhlanga said a number of issues had been reported on day one, which were quickly rectified.
He said pupils “across a marginal number of centres in the Western Cape had delayed starts”, while one experienced the late arrival of pupils due to a minor vehicle accident.
“None of the learners were hurt nor adversely affected in the examinations as they were compensated for the lost time,” Mhlanga said. — zisandan@dispatch.co.za
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