BusinessLive reports that a court order stopping the national rewrites of nursing bridging course exams this week was granted to the Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa) on Monday.
Two weeks ago the SA Nursing Council (SANC) cancelled first-and second-year exams written in May that would have allowed successful bridging-course students to register as professional general or psychiatric nurses. This followed allegations that some students had seen leaked question papers ahead of the exams. The court order instructed the SANC to postpone the bridging course rewrites to 19 & 21 July from 28 & 30 June. Hospersa general secretary Noel Desfontaines welcomed the court order to postpone the exams, saying students would now have adequate time to prepare. Earlier, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) vowed to take legal action against the council for the decision to cancel all student exams before investigations into the leaked exam papers had been completed.
- Read this report in full at BusinessLive
- Read Hospersa’s press statement in this regard at Hospersa online
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