Court orders the publication of matric results in newspapers and other digital platforms

Kaya 959 Reporter

The Pretoria high court has ruled that the 2021 National Senior Certificate results be published on all media platforms.

The Department of basic education (DBE) faced a legal challenge from AfriForum, pupil Anle Spies and Maroela Media over its decision not to publicly publish the latest matric results.

The Basic Education Department had said the results can’t be published due to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), which came into effect in July last year.

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Thomas and Skhumba asked parents to weigh in on the publication of results on media platforms earlier this week.

According to the Pretoria High Court, personal information will be protected by virtue of the practice in previous years where all learners were required to obtain their statement of results from the schools they attended.

“The first respondent [DBE] is ordered to publish the National Senior Certificate results on public platforms [media platforms] as was the practice in previous years, concurrently with making available the results to the schools that had been attended by the learners,” reads the court order.

Umalusi held a media briefing on the approval of matric results this morning.