# The Information Regulator has prohibited the Department of Basic Education from publishing this year’s National Senior Certificate exam results on public forums including newspapers. The regulator found that the department violated the Protection of Personal Information Act by publishing matriculants’ details. It says the department failed to obtain consent to publish matric results from learners or their parents who sat for the 2023 exams. The regulator adds that no legal justification exists for the department to continue publishing matric results.
Basic Education Department banned from publishing matric results in public forums