Report on the National Senior Certificate Examination Results 2010
EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS REPORT ON THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS 2010 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS • 2010 His Excellency JG Zuma the President of the Republic of South Africa “On the playing field of life there is nothing more important than the quality of education. We urge all nations of the world to mobilise in every corner to ensure that every child is in school” President JG Zuma 1 EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS The Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, MP recently opened the library at the Inkwenkwezi Secondary School in Du Noon on 26 October 2010 and encouraged learners to read widely and this will contribute to improving their learning achievement. The Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, MP has repeatedly made the clarion call that “we owe it to the learners, the country and our people to improve Grade 12 results as committed”. 2 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS • 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD BY MINISTER . 7 1. INTRODUCTION . 9 2. THE 2010 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC) EXAMINATION . 10 2.1 The magnitude and size of the National Senior Certificate examination . 10 2.2 The examination cycle . 11 2.3 Question Papers . 15 2.4 Printing, packing and distribution of question papers . 18. 2.5 Security . 19 2.6 The conduct of the 2010 National Senior Certificate (NSC) . 19 2.7 Processing of marks and results on the Integrated Examination Computer System (IECS) . 20 2.8 Standardisation of the NSC Results . 21 2.9 Viewing, remarking and rechecking of results during the appeal processes .
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