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Students blame Unisa for not having backup plan as technical glitches mar exams

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Unisa has been forced to postpone some exams after technical glitches marred online exams this week. Picture: iStock/ Fizkes
Unisa has been forced to postpone some exams after technical glitches marred online exams this week. Picture: iStock/ Fizkes

Unisa has been forced to postpone some exams after technical glitches marred online exams last week.

Affected modules include those studied by criminology students, and development studies.

Sipho Xukwe*, a third-year student studying towards a criminology degree, told City Press on Friday that he could not submit his answers during exams last week because the system was clogged due to the high volume of exam scripts and question papers.

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