# The council for quality assurance, Umalusi, says South Africa is broadly ready for next week’s start of the matric examinations. CEO Mafu Rakometsi says 964-thousand-201 candidates are registered, with the National Senior Certificate accounting for 92-percent. The exams will be written at seven-thousand-and-57 centres. Rakometsi says secure systems are in place for duplicating, storing and distributing question papers, with 283 subject papers approved across three qualifications and four assessment bodies:
Umalusi ready for National Senior Certificate [SOUND]
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