UJ Education experts available for comment on the 2025 Grade 12 (Matric) results

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Thursday, 08 January 2026

Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube will announce the outcome of the 2025 matric examinations on Monday, 12 January 2026. The 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results will be released to candidates on Tuesday, 13 January 2026.

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has experts available to comment on the matric results.

The following experts can be contacted directly:

  • Prof Nadine Petersen
    • Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education
    • Full Professor in the field of Childhood Education
    • 011 559 5103 / 082 803 3952 / nadinep@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Sarita Ramsaroop
    • Vice-Dean: Research and Innovation of the Faculty of Education
    • Associate Professor in the field of Childhood Education
    • 011 559 5448 / 076 536 1030 / saritaram@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Kathija Yassim
    • Incoming Head of Department: Department of Education Leadership & Management
    • 011 559 5231 / 061 843 6539 / kyassim@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Nazreen Dasoo
    • Head of Department: Department of Education & Curriculum Studies
    • 011 559 2045 / 082 452 2047 / ndasoo@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Veronica Dwarika
    • Head of Department: Department of Educational Psychology
    • *Written Media Only
    • 011 559 5241 / 082 326 9041 / veronicam@uj.ac.za
  • Dr Kathleen Fonseca
    • Head of Department: Department of Childhood Education
    • 011 559 5448 / 074 187 5749 / kfonseca@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Elizabeth Henning
    • SARCHI for Integrated Studies of Learning Language, Mathematics and Science in the Primary School.
    • Primary school reading, mathematics, robotics [Reading for learning from Gr 1 – 12]; English as a language for learning; Early grades mathematics learning
    • 011 559 5104/ 072 405 7281/ ehenning@uj.ac.za  
  • Dr Daphne Mawila
    • Educational Psychology: Well-being, mental health, and resilience of learners, parents, and teachers.
    • 011 559 5244 / 072 257 4092 / dmawila@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Lydia Mavuru
    • Head of Department: Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
    • 011 559 3490 / 076 559 3334 / lydiam@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Maximus Sefotho
    • Director: Centre for Neurodiversity
    • Disability; Inclusive Education; Career Transitioning; Research Philosophy in Education.(Department of Educational Psychology)
    • 011 559 2735 / 072 638 0868 / msefotho@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Umesh Ramnarain
    • Director: Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (CALTSTEAM)
    • Science Education; virtual and augmented reality; STEM education
    • 011 559 4384 / 082 054 4713/ uramnarain@uj.ac.za
  • Prof Siseko Kumalo
    • Social and political theory; basic and higher education policy and governance; Black Intellectual History in SA; Ethics and Sustainability in education
    • 072 584 7569/ sisekok@uj.ac.za

Note to the journalist/news editor/producer: 

Please do not hesitate to contact me on 084 067 7528 or my colleague Mpiletso Motumi on 082 052 7800 with any further enquiries.

A full list of the education experts at UJ and a description of their respective expertise can be found here: https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/education/research/education-experts/

Issued by:
Masego Panyane
Strategic Communication
University Relations
Tel: +27 11 559 1571
Cell: +27 84 067 7528

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