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Podcast: The Herald
Episode: Matrics forced to write exams in terrible conditions
Description: Broken and dilapidated ceilings, an insufficient number of chairs and tables, a lack of electricity and leaking asbestos roof sheets.
These are just some of the conditions Nelson Mandela Bay pupils will have to put up with as they write their matric exams, starting on Monday.
The Herald reported this week how some schools in some of the Bay’s most impoverished areas were in dire straits — and the rush was on to find more desks, fix electricity problems and squeeze in extra study time.
The scramble for basic resources comes as scores of pupi...