Watch out, Gavin – Angie

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has threatened to charge DA MP Gavin Davis with unethical conduct for writing an open letter to Umalusi, in which he questioned the standardisation of matric results.

Motshekga, pictured, made the threat in a letter sent to DA chief whip John Steenhuisen on Monday.

She charged that Davis had released classified information and violated principles of confidentiality that are crucial to the integrity of the school examination system after attending the national standardisation meeting in December, where Umalusi, the Quality Council for General and Further Education and Training and the department discussed the 2016 matric results.

“One of the cornerstones of an integruous (sic) examination system is the security and confidentiality of classified information,” Motshekga said.

She accused Davis of violating “the fundamental tenets of confidentiality in relation to the national senior certificate” by refusing to sign a confidentiality agreement submitted to all participants at the meeting, taking pictures of the event and leaving with a standardisation booklet that contained raw results data.

Davis has openly conceded that he refused to sign the agreement and took the booklet.

Davis wrote an open letter to the Umalusi CEO Mafu Rakometsi in which he questioned the upward adjustment of marks in 28 subjects.

Davis said yesterday he believed he had done nothing wrong. – ANA