Countdown to matric finals: 721,000 pupils ready to write

With only eight days left until the matric final exams, approximately 721,000 pupils were gearing up to write their assessments that will determine the trajectory of their futures.Elijah Mhlanga, spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education, confirmed that the first paper will be written on October 21, with pupils tackling English P3 in the morning and Afrikaans P3 in the afternoon.Mhlanga assured the public that it was “all systems go” and all the necessary measures have been put in place to ensure the exams start as scheduled.In KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the province with the most…