Over 75,000 candidates set to write the matric exams in the Western Cape [SOUND]

# The Western Cape Department of Education says a total of 75-thousand-647 candidates will write the National Senior Certificate exams in the province this year. Of these, 64-thouand-375 are full-time candidates, and 11-thousand-272 are part-time candidates. The exams begin on Monday, with 66-thousand-988 candidates writing English Home Language, First Additional Language, or Second Additional Language. MEC David Maynier says they have 270 more full-time candidates writing this year compared to the November matric exams last year: