The 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, which commenced on 21 October, will be ending on 27 November when the last paper will be written. A total of 903,561 candidates registered to write the 2025 NSC examinations, comprising of 766,543 full-time candidates, the highest number since the inception of public examinations in 1996, and 137,018 part-time candidates. Director-General, Mr Mathanzima Mweli, this week, kicked off his annual monitoring and oversight visits to marking centres in the Gauteng Province.

To ensure learner readiness, the DBE implemented a comprehensive support campaign under four pillars: learner support, teacher support, curriculum enrichment and school readiness ahead of the examinations. DG Mweli visited all 75 districts where over 130,000 learners participated in Autumn, Winter and Spring Camps, focusing on gateway subjects like Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. Teachers in underperforming subjects and districts received training and support, whilst learners benefited from resources such as Mind the Gap booklets, digital study materials, and online and social media tutorials.