The matric students from Giyani High School who had access to the Maths Paper Two exam before it was written earlier this month, will not have to rewrite the paper, the Department of Basic Education has said.

The department will however pursue normal disciplinary processes and impose appropriate sanctions on the students involved.

Investigative marking will be conducted to establish if the credibility of the examination has not been compromised while statistical comparative analysis will be applied to the affected pupils and schools to establish if there were any peculiarities that need further investigation.

Tinyiko Khosa, the owner of two private colleges in the province, allegedly leaked the paper to one student, who in turn shared it on a WhatsApp study group.

He was arrested and recently denied bail in the Giyani Magistrate’s Court.

The Ministerial Investigation Team (MIT) appointed to look into the leak found that the leak was confined to a few learners, not exceeding 100 at 10 schools.

The operating licence of Khosa’s college, New Era, will be reviewed.

“I would like to thank all of those involved in the exam system for ensuring that there were no other major challenges reported during the 2016 National Senior Certificate (NSC) [exams]. Those moderators, invigilators, officials and those involved in the security and transportation of the exam papers have all contributed to the success of these examinations,” said Minister of Education, Angie Motshekga.

The 2016 matric exams conclude today and the task of marking will begin with about 47 400 markers at 140 marking centres around the country who will undertake to mark all 11 million exam scripts.