Report on National Senior Certificate Examination Results 2010
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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 . 22 2.10 Dealing with irregularities . 22 2.11 Certification . 24 3. MARKING OF THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION . 25 3.1 Marking centres . .25 3.2 Selection and appointment of markers . 26 3.3 Standardisation of marking . 26 3.4 Training of markers . 27 3.5 Marking procedures . 27 4. SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT (SBA) . 29 4.1 General requirements of School Based Assessment . 29 4.2 Moderation of SBA . 29 4.3 Moderation of Life Orientation . 31 3 EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS 5. SUPPORT PROGRAMMES FOR GRADE 12 TEACHING AND LEARNING . 32 5.1 Provision of learning and teaching support material to schools . 32 5.2 Additional support provided to the class of 2010 . 33 6. MONITORING AND SUPPORT OF PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION SECTIONS . 35 6.1 Monitoring the State of Readiness of Provincial Education Departments to conduct NSC examination . 35 6.2 Monitoring the writing of examinations . 35 6.3 Monitoring the marking of examinations . 35 7 . MANAGEMENT OF EXAMINATIONS IN THE MPUMALANGA PROVINCE . 37 8. ANALYSIS OF THE 2010 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE RESULTS . 40 8.1 Overall national results . 41 8.2 Comparison of NSC performance between 2008 and 2010 . 46 8.3 Performance compared in accordance with quintile ranking . 52. 8.4 Subject analysis . 55 8.5 District Performance by Province . 61 9 . CONCLUSION . 66 ANNEXURES . 67 4 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS • 2010 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: The number of Candidates that enrolled (full-time and part-time) for the National Senior Certificate examination from 2008 to 2010. 10 Table 2: The number of examination centres by province – 2010 . 12 Table 3: The Quintile ranking of schools. 13 Table 4: Candidates enrolled for the National Senior Certificate examination from 2008 to 2010 (Part-time and Full-time) . 14 Table 5: The number of marking centres by province . 25 Table 6: The number of self study guides distributed per subject . 32 Table 7: The number of Learn Xtra packages distributed to schools . 34 Table 8: Overall performance of candidates in the 2010 NSC examination . 41 Table 9: Overall performance of candidates in the 2010 NSC examination by gender . 43 Table 10: 2010 NSC passes by type of qualification . 44 Table 11: Pass rates within different percentage categories . 45 Table 12: Comparison of NSC passes from 2008 to 2010 by province . 46 Table 13: Comparison of the NSC performance by type of qualification from 2008 to 2010 . 48 Table 14: Comparison of the number of NSC passes by province and gender from 2008 to 2010 . 50 Table 15: Pass rates within different percentage categories . 51 Table 16: Candidates’ performance in selected subject: 2010 . 55 Table 17: Percentage of candidates achieved at 30% and 40% and above: 2010 . 56 Table 18: Candidates’ performance in Mathematics and Physical Science by gender: 2010 . 56 Table 19: Candidates’ performance in Home Languages: 2010 . .57 Table 20: Candidates’ performance in First Additional Languages: 2010 . 57 Table 21: Candidates’ performance in selected subjects: 2008 to 2010 . 58 Table 22: Candidates’ performance in Mathematics by province and level of achievement: 2008 to 2010 . 59 Table 23: Number of candidates who achieved in Physical Science, by province and level of achievement: 2009 and 2010 . 59 Table 24: Candidates’ performance in Home Languages: 2009 and 2010 . 60 Table 25: Candidates’ performance in First Additional Languages: 2009 and 2010 . 60 Table 26: District Performance for Eastern Cape: 2009 and 2010 . 61 5 EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS Table 27: District Performance for Free State: 2009 and 2010 . .62 Table 28: District Performance for Gauteng: 2009 and 2010 . 62 Table 29: District Performance for KwaZulu Natal: 2009 and 2010 . 63 Table 30: District Performance for Limpopo: 2009 and 2010 . 63 Table 31: District Performance for Mpumalanga: 2009 and 2010 . 64 Table 32: District Performance for Northern Cape: 2009 and 2010 . 64 Table 33: District Performance for North West 2009 and 2010 . .64 Table 34: District performance for Western Cape: 2009 and 2010 . 65 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: The number of Candidates enrolled (full-time and part-time) for Grade 12 examinations from 2006 to 2010 . 11 Figure 2: The examination cycle . 12 Figure 3: National NSC Performance: 2010 . 40 Figure 4: Passed with Admission to Higher Education in 2010 . 40 Figure 5: Provincial Performance in rank order . 41 Figure 6: Comparison of provincial performance (2009 and 2010) . 42 Figure 7: NSC Performance improvement across provinces between 2009 and 2010 . 42 Figure 8: NSC performance: 2008 – 2010 . .47 Figure 9: Comparison of performance from 2008 to 2010 . .49 Figure 10: Percentage achieved admission to Bachelors: 2010 . 49 Figure 11: Performance in Quintile 1 schools . 52 Figure 12: Performance in Quintile 2 schools . ..