Presentation Outline
(a) Introduction
(b) Enrolment Statistics
(c) Enhanced Monitoring
(d) Target Success Indicators
(e) Progress - Examination Cycle
(f) Progress Chart
(g) Conclusion
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Introduction
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Introduction
• Public Examinations in South Africa is considered to be
internationally comparable.
• Significant progress made over the last nineteen years.
• National Assessment is a fledgling system that is
beginning to take root.
• The DBE continuously strives to improve and enhance
examination and assessment functionality.
• Examinations and Assessment system is responsive to
challenges and changes.
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Change Factors
(a) The need to adjust the examinations and assessment landscape to
the environmental changes:
- the need to improve learning outcomes
- understanding the different purposes of assessment.
- need to develop 21st Century Skills
(b) The constant search for appropriate standards.
(c) The need to strengthen initiatives leading to the development of a
national examination and assessment system.
(d) The need to identify the threats to examinations and assessment
credibility and establish how best these risks can be mitigated.
(e) The need to institutionalize Annual National Assessment so that
regular and meaningful feedback is provided to the system.
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State of Examinations and Assessment in the
Republic
Examinations
(a) Well established and rigorous business exam processes.
(b) National question papers of a high standard have
contributed to improved teaching and learning.
(c) Efficient administration of examinations.
(d) Highly committed staff.
(f) Significant strides made towards the establishment of a
single national examination system.
(g) SBA system that is showing signs of improvement.
(h) Marking system that is steadily improving.
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State of Examinations and Assessment in the
Republic
National Assessment
(a) Significant progress in the administration of Annual National
Assessment. Still a developing system.
(b) Improved provincial capacity to manage both NSC exams and
ANA.
(c) Improved quality of data
(d) Printing outsourced and done in-house.
(e) Dichotomy of test design being explored and will be piloted.
(f) Data capture at 85% level.
(g) Data processing and release completed in record time.
(h) Diagnostics have added a new dimension to teaching and learning
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The Challenges
(a)
Question Papers: attaining international standards.
(b)
Marking : inter-marker reliability.
(c)
School based assessment: quality assessment at all levels.
(d)
Standards: Grade 10 and 11
(e)
Assessment purpose: diagnostic versus systemic.
(f)
Feedback: effective data utilisation.
(g)
Trend Analysis: National versus International and Year to Year
comparisons.
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NATIONAL SENIOR
CERTIFICATE
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enrolment
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Scope and Size of 2014 NSC Exams
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Total Candidates:
Full Time Candidates:
Part Time Candidates :
Question Papers:
Printed Question Papers:
Scripts:
Examination Centres:
Invigilators:
Markers:
Marking Centres:
689 625
551 588
138 037
258
7.2 million
7.0 million
6 740
65 000
41 564
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NSC Full-Time Enrolments per Province 2014
Province Name
Total Entered
69 860
26 899
101 340
148 925
73 546
46 187
26 382
9 556
48 893
EASTERN CAPE
FREE STATE
GAUTENG
KWAZULU-NATAL
LIMPOPO
MPUMALANGA
NORTH WEST
NORTHERN CAPE
WESTERN CAPE
551 588
NATIONAL
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NSC Full-Time Enrolments per Province 2010 to 2014
Province
Entered
2010
Entered
2011
Entered
2012
Entered
2013
Entered
2014
Eastern Cape
68 294
68 174
69 199
74 998
69 860
Free State
28 448
26 510
24 760
28 019
26 899
Gauteng
94 642
87 631
91 475
99 504
101 340
130 302
127 053
132 272
150 154
148 925
Limpopo
95 869
74 669
78 182
83 594
73 546
Mpumalanga
54 542
49 592
48 989
51 206
46 187
North West
29 601
25 931
27 575
29 539
26 382
Northern Cape
10 406
10 426
9 281
10 693
9 556
Western Cape
47 062
559 166
41 273
45 602
511 259 14 527 335
48 783
576 490
48 893
KwaZulu-Natal
National
551 588
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NSC Enrolments - 2013 and 2014 comparison
2013
Province
Full Time Part time
Difference
in FT
2014
Total
Full Time Part time
Total
2014-2013
Eastern Cape
74 998
20 536
95 534
69 860
21 359
91 219
-5 257
Free State
28 019
3 208
31 227
26 899
3 018
29 917
-558
Gauteng
99 504
41 408
140 912
101 340
42 355
143 695
1 860
KwaZulu-Natal
150 154
24 888
175 042
148 925
26 192
175 117
-1 029
Limpopo
83 594
16 993
100 587
73 546
19 673
93 219
-10 015
Mpumalanga
51 206
7 391
58 597
46 187
7 761
53 948
-4 968
North West
29 539
3 604
33 143
26 382
3 799
30 181
-3 152
Northern Cape
10 693
1 760
12 453
9 556
2 110
11 666
-1 014
Western Cape
48 783
10 858
59 641
48 893
11 770
60 663
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Total
576 490
130 646
707 136
551 588
138 037
689 625
-23 920
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NSC Full-Time Subject Enrolments 2014
Subject
Accounting
Afrikaans First Additional Language
Agricultural Sciences
Business Studies
Economics
English First Additional Language
Geography
History
Life Sciences
Mathematical Literacy
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Entered
129 352
83 817
80 476
212 630
141 339
444 689
241 921
118 758
291 317
319 191
232 432
172 259
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NSC Full-Time Subject Enrolments 2010 to 2014
Entered
2010
Entered
2011
Entered
2012
165 522
140 849
137 527
Afrikaans First Additional Language
78 502
69 287
76 797
88 727
83 817
Agricultural Sciences
88 075
79 680
79 828
85 098
80 476
Business Studies
206 625
191 850
199 377
223 467 212 630
Economics
151 911
136 652
137 524
153 644 141 339
English First Additional Language
462 959
424 346
430 521
464 997 444 689
Geography
215 815
203 805
217 875
244 457 241 921
90 595
88 290
96 481
111 568 118 758
Life Sciences
292 865
270 540
283 611
307 303 291 317
Mathematical Literacy
288 370
281 613
297 074
330 789 319 191
Mathematics
270 598
229 371
230 194
245 663 232 432
Physical Sciences
210 168
184 052
182 083
19 259
187 170 172
Subject
Accounting
History
Entered
2013
Entered
2014
148 374 129 352
Mathematics Full-Time Enrolments
280 000
270 598
270 000
260 000
250 000
245 663
240 000
230 000
229 371
230 194
2011
2012
232 432
220 000
210 000
200 000
2010
2013
2014
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21
22
Male %
31 129
12 502
45 499
68 621
33 926
20 937
12 217
4 332
21 493
250 656
38 731
14 397
55 841
80 304
39 620
25 250
14 165
5 224
27 400
300 932
44.6
46.5
44.9
46.1
46.1
45.3
46.3
45.3
44.0
45.4
Female
%
Female
EASTERN CAPE
FREE STATE
GAUTENG
KWAZULU-NATAL
LIMPOPO
MPUMALANGA
NORTH WEST
NORTHERN CAPE
WESTERN CAPE
NATIONAL
Male
Province
Enrolments NSC 2014 in terms of Gender
55.4
53.5
55.1
53.9
53.9
54.7
53.7
54.7
56.0
54.6
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enhanced monitoring
approach
Monitoring Approach
(a) Key focus: building a credible, national examination and
assessment system
(b) Five pillars of the enhanced monitoring approach:
- Development of Norms and Standards
- Mediation of Norms and Standards
- Coordination of examination processes
- Monitoring and support of PEDs
- Evaluation and feedback
Monitoring Approach
(c) Monitoring and support entailed the following:
• identifying the risks.
• collaborative review.
• four-tiered approach.
• part-time monitors.
• state of readiness
(d) Final State of Readiness visit in September 2014.
Target Success Indicators
a) High quality question papers are set and moderated.
b) Examination centre and candidates are accurately registered
on the examination computer system.
c) Question papers are accurately printed.
d) Question papers are distributed on time to all schools and
candidates and strict security measures adhered to in the
distribution process
Target Success Indicators
e) SBA is completed in accordance with policy prescripts and
moderated.
f) All examination and SBA marks are accurately captured.
g) All examination irregularities are appropriately managed.
h) All candidates are accurately and timeously resulted.
i) Effective feedback provided to schools.
j) All eligible candidates receive certificates.
Target Success Indicators
k)
All candidates including learners with special needs are
accommodated in the examination.
l)
Examinations are conducted under controlled conditions
across all examination centres..
m) Answer scripts accurately marked and moderated.
n)
All examination marks are accurately captured on the
examination computer system.
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registration
Registration of Candidates/Centres
a) All candidates have been registered on the Examination Computer
System.
b) Most PEDs registered candidates in Grade 10 and data is rolled over
each year.
c) Two schedule of entries have been sent to all schools to verify
accuracy of registration data.
d) Subject changes, immigrant candidates and special concessions have
been appropriately managed.
e)
DBE to conducting an audit of the provincial registration data.
Registration of Candidates/Centres
f)
All enhancements on the examination computer system will be
completed by 30 September 2014.
g) A complete dry run on the system will be commence by 30 September
2014. Dry run done in conjunction with Umalusi
h) All independent centres have been evaluated to ensure that they
satisfy the criteria for registration.
i)
In cases where there has been some doubt about the integrity of the
centre, the examination will be administered by the PED, or will be
closely monitored.
Registration of Candidates/Centres
k)
Concessions granted to candidates with special needs and include:
• Additional time
• Amanuensis
• Scribe
l)
Special extension on the SBA validity period granted by the Minister
to repeat candidates, where the validity period had expired.
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question papers
Question Papers
a)
All 258 question papers for November 2014 and March
2015 examinations have been set and moderated by the
DBE to ensure a national standard
b)
Question papers have been approved by Umalusi, edited,
quality assured and handed over to PEDS based on their
printing plans.
c)
Adaptation of the question papers for
sighted and deaf candidates is complete
d)
Brailing of the adapted papers for the blind is in progress
blind, partially
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Question Papers
Changes based on CAPS:
• Mathematics – two papers.
• Economics – two papers.
• All Home Language papers – one short text has been
replaced with a long text.
• History – one additional essay.
• Consumer Studies – one additional question.
Preparation for CAPS:
• Exemplars developed for subjects with significant
changes.
• Examination Guidelines reviewed for all subjects.
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Question Papers
Other Changes:
• Separate panels for Paper 1 and Paper 2 in Maths and
Physical Science.
• Fairness review of question papers.
• Additional tier of editing
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printing, packing and
distribution
Printing, Packing and Distribution
a) Printing and packing progressing according to plan. For
security reasons question papers made available to PEDS
only a week before printing commences.
b) Earliest that printing could commence was 1 August 2014.
c) Storage facilities across all PEDs have been inspected
and security has been improved at distribution points
d) Question papers will be distributed to examination centres
on the morning of the examination, except in the Western
Cape.
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Printing, Packing and Distribution
e) In the Northern Cape, only in schools that are far from the
districts, will question papers be stored at schools.
f) Western Cape will deliver to schools in weekly
consignments.
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writing
Writing of the examination
a) Examination commences on 27 October 2014 and
concludes on 28 November 2014.
b) Invigilators who supervise the writing of exams are in the
process of being trained across all PEDs.
c) A common national Manual on Invigilation is used across all
examination centres.
d) To inculcate a sense of commitment to complying with the
examination code of conduct, all learners will sign a Pledge
on 17 October 2014, at a Pledge Signing Ceremony.
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Writing of the examination
e) The writing of the examinations will be monitored by DBE,
PEDs and Umalusi. DBE has appointed 30 independent
monitors who will be deployed to the provinces.
f) Schools with previous irregularities will be closely monitored.
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script collection
Collection of Answer Scripts
a) All PEDs have a clear control process for the management of
Answer books.
b) All scripts to be returned to the district office the same day.
c) Scripts to enjoy the same attention and security as the question
paper.
d) Four PEDs will be using bar coded labels in the 2014 NSC
examination. This will enable PEDs to scan scripts and ensure
better script control.
e)
All scripts must be correctly labelled with centre number, subject
and must be sealed at the school level.
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Collection of Answer Scripts
f)
All scripts to be controlled and checked at each stage of the
process.
g)
All PEDs will follow specific norm times for the return of scripts
between the different collection points.
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marking
Marking
a) Markers have been appointed based on the PAM criteria
and most PEDs have added learner performance as an
additional criteria.
b) National Marking Guideline discussions will be hosted in
Pretoria for all subjects, to ensure standardisation of
marking across all PEDs.
c) Internal moderators to be appointed for each subject at
each marking centre.
d) DBE will appoint external moderators to evaluate the
marking at each centre.
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Tolerance Range
• Tolerance range (TR) introduced for the first time to control
differences in moderation.
• Tolerance range (TR) is the agreed degree of deviation
between the marked and moderated mark.
• Tolerance range should not exceed 2 – 3% - at the total
mark level and at the question level
• TR exceeded:
- in more than 50% of the scripts – remark batch.
- in 50% of the scripts – moderate additional scripts.
- less that 50% of the scripts - accept
Authorisation of CMs and IMs
• Chief markers (CM) and Internal moderators (IM) during
the national training session will be evaluated on their
compliance to the TR.
• After multiple opportunities if the TR is not reached, then
the CM or the IM will not be authorised.
• Given that the CMs and IMs have already been appointed,
their services cannot be terminated.
• Therefore, DBE will arrange for support for these officials at
the marking centre.
Authorisation of Markers
• Prior to the commencement of marking, each marker will be
given a batch of 10 scripts to mark.
• If 50% of the scripts are within the TR, marker is authorised
to mark.
• If less than 50% of the scripts are within the TR, the marker
is given a second batch of scripts.
• If the marker is still outside the TR, then he is called to a
consultative meeting where his future involvement in the
marking process is determined.
• Need for a reserve pool of markers.
Centralised Marking
• Centralization of the small enrolment subjects, where the pooling of scripts
from across the nine provinces and allocating the marking of the scripts
from all nine provinces to one province, will be piloted in 2014.
• The marking of these small subjects will serve as a springboard to
experiment with other subjects with larger enrollments at a later stage.
• A province that is allocated a specific subject/subjects will take full
responsibility for the marking of the subject/s. This responsibility would
entail:
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Appointment of markers, senior markers and chief marker and internal moderator
Training of the markers
Venue for marking
Accommodation of the markers
Management of the marking process
Control and security of the scripts
Centralised Marking - 2014
• Bilateral arrangement between PEDS where the number of scripts is
less than 1000.
• The DBE will coordinate and monitor the process nationally to ensure
that there are no glitches.
• No PED will be allowed to mark subjects where all the QA levels
cannot be complied.
• The DBE will mark centrally - Dance Studies and Agricultural
Technology.
• Centralised Marking of Deaf and Braille scripts by WCED and GDE
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school based
assessment
School Based Assessment (SBA)
a) DBE conducted
 Audit of provincial SBA moderation systems
 focused moderation of assessment tasks in 18 districts across all
PEDS, in July 2014.
b) Second national moderation will be conducted in October
2014 and will evaluate the assessment tasks and the learner
evidence.
c) Provincial moderation to be completed by 16 October 2014.
d) All SBA marks will be captured by 15 November 2014.
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School Based Assessment (SBA)
f) Common Assessment Task developed by the DBE was
administered across PEDs, in Life Orientation, on 5
September 2014.
g) National Marking Guideline discussions will be hosted in
Pretoria for Life Orientation, to ensure standardisation of
marking across all PEDs
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processing, release
and appeals
Processing, Release and Appeals
a) Marking will be completed by 14 December across all PEDs.
b) Mark Capture will be completed by 18 December 2014.
c) Proposals in respect of adjustments for the pre-standardization
meeting – 20 December 2014.
d) Pre-standardization meetings will be held on 21 & 22 December.
e) Umalusi standardisation meeting to be held on 23 December 2014.
f)
Results will be thoroughly checked by DBE, PEDs and Umalusi
from 23 – 30 December.
g) Umalusi approval meeting to be held on 30 December 2014.
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Processing, Release and Appeals
h) Ministerial announcement on the 2014 NSC Results: 5 January
2015.
i)
Release of results to candidates by schools : 6 January 2014
j)
Remark and re-check will take place early in February 2014
k)
Candidates given 14 days after the release of the results, to apply
for a re-mark or re-check.
l)
If candidates are still not satisfied, with the outcome, candidates will
be allowed to view his/her script.
m) Based on specific criteria, candidates are allowed to write the
supplementary examination.
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analysis and
feedback
Analysis and Feedback
a)
Detailed analysis of results per school, per district, per province, per
subject will be made available.
b)
Qualitative analytical reports from chief markers/internal moderators will
be consolidated for distribution to schools.
c)
Outcomes of the Umalusi standardisation meetings will be made available
to curriculum specialists and examining panels.
d)
Workshops will be conducted with teachers and subject advisors.
e)
Under-performing schools will be brought to account and improvement
plans will be designed.
f)
Curriculum specialists to develop subject improvement plans.
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certification
Certification
a) The issue of the certificate signifies the culmination of the
examination cycle.
b) The certificates for candidates that wrote the examination
in 2013 was distributed to candidates at the end of June
2013.
c) The 2014 certificates are scheduled to be released to
candidates by end May 2015.
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irregularities
Irregularities
The serious irregularities experienced in 2013 and the action
taken:
(a) Dramatic Arts – question on rape.
(b) Marker appointments in KZN.
(c) Lost scripts
(d) Copying (reduced)
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progress chart
Progress Chart
TARGET INDICATORS
PROGRESS
1. High quality question papers are set and moderated

2. Examination centre and candidates are accurately registered on the
examination computer system.

3. Question papers are accurately printed.
In progress
4. Question papers are distributed on time to all schools and candidates and strict
security measures adhered to in the distribution process
All preparations in
place
5. All candidates including learners with special needs are accommodated in the
examination.

6. Examinations are conducted under controlled conditions across all examination
centres.
All preparations in
place
Progress Chart
TARGET INDICATORS
PROGRESS
7. Answer scripts accurately marked and moderated.
Marker appointments being
finalised; marking centres
established.
8. All examination marks are accurately captured on the examination
computer system.
Data capturers being appointed;
capture centres established
9. SBA is completed in accordance with policy prescripts and
moderated.
In progress
10. All examination and SBA marks are accurately captured.
Data capturers being appointed;
capture centres established.
11. All examination irregularities are appropriately managed.
Structures and training in process
12. All candidates are accurately and timeously resulted.
System enhancements being
finalised
13. Effective feedback provided to schools.
Diagnostic analysis
14. All eligible candidates receive certificates.
Systems in place
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ANNUAL NATIONAL
ASSESSMENT
Introduction
(a) DBE, working together with PEDs, will administer ANA tests on all
learners in grades 1-6 & 9, plus a pilot study on representative
samples of schools and learners at grade 7&8 levels from 16 to 19
September 2014
(b) Time table for the assessment was sent to PEDs and schools in
the first quarter of the 2014 school year
(c) Key systems for continuous monitoring of preparations and
processes of ANA include bi-monthly meetings with Heads of
Exams from PEDs and at least one monitoring visit to individual
PEDs by the DBE before the tests are written
(d) DBE 2014 visited all PEDs between May & June and the focus was
on assessing the state of readiness for ANA 2014.
Key elements of the ANA process
1.
Test development & quality assurance
2.
Registration of learners on the GET system.
3.
Printing, packing and distribution of tests to schools
4.
Administration of tests in schools
5.
Marking and moderation of learner responses
6.
Capturing, cleaning and analysis of data
7.
Reporting
8.
Monitoring of the processes - ongoing
9.
Independent verification if the processes and outcomes of the
assessment
Test development & quality assurance
•
Language and mathematics tests for all the affected grades were
developed by teams of selected educators and subject advisors
•
For quality assurance, separate teams moderated and edited the
tests
•
Tests for grades 3, 6 & 9 were piloted in selected schools across the
provinces in February 2014.
•
In addition, the tests for grades 3, 6 & 9 were submitted to experts
who serve on the ANA Advisory Committee for comments and all
received inputs were used to finalise the tests
Test development & quality assurance
• For the Foundation Phase all tests are versioned into the
eleven official languages.
• All tests were print-ready by end of May 2014 and
adaptations for learners with special learning needs have
been completed which include Brailling for learners who
are blind, large font size for those who experience sight
challenges and videos for learners who are deaf
Registration of learners
(a) Registration of learners includes capturing essential information
that will be used in:•
Determining the numbers of test booklets to print, pack and
distribute per grade, subject and language
•
Preparing reporting templates so that results can be reported at
national, provincial, district, school and individual learner levels
(b) To date around 7 million learners have been registered on the GET
platform
Registered learners for ANA 2014
Prov.
Total Number of
learners
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 9
EC
1,043,043
183,372
167,624
156,199
147,452
133,595
126,375
128,426
FS
372,779
57,856
57,075
53,842
52,536
45,904
44,517
61,049
GT
1,270,418
197,264
211,414
195,193
186,866
169,975
159,142
150,564
KZN
1,583,300
272,753
245,297
230,632
220,965
198,261
195,754
219,638
LP
910,142
143,930
137,420
128,029
122,333
106,622
106,625
165,183
NC
172,308
28,909
26,277
25,005
25,241
23,313
22,087
21,476
NW
351,299
69,290
63,688
60,324
58,642
51,369
47,986
0
MP
557,963
96,866
87,994
81,888
78,535
70,032
68,131
74,517
WC
583,814
100,078
91,999
84,032
85,187
76,296
71,605
74,617
SA
6,845,066
1,150,318
1,088,788
1,015,144
977,757
875,367
842,222
895,470
Printing, packing & distribution
• Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and Western Cape
opted to print their tests using their existing facilities. Three of the
PEDs have completed the printing and packing. Only Northern Cape
is still busy with the printing.
• Tests for Free State, Limpopo and North West are under print by CTP
in Cape Town. KwaZulu-Natal & Gauteng test materials are printed
by Lebone Litho Printers in Gauteng. Both service providers must
complete distribution to Nodal Points by 12 September
Administration of tests in schools
• Tests will be written in all schools from 16 to 19 September
• Principals will allocate teachers to invigilate classes that they do not
teach
• Independent schools that participate in ANA for purposes of being
evaluated for subsidies will be invigilated by a district official
• DBE will employ independent monitors to reinforce monitoring that
will be done by DBE, PED & District officials
Marking & moderation of scripts
• Marking will be preceded by memo discussions at a national and district
level
• Teachers will mark scripts of their learners after writing
• SMTs will moderate the marking before schools issue reports to parents
• Samples of grade 3, 6 & 9 scripts from all schools will be moderated by
appointed markers at centres managed by PEDs
• Marking centres will provide feedback to schools on the findings of
moderation
Marking & moderation of scripts
• All participating independent schools will be marked
by appointed markers at the centres that have been
selected and will be managed by the PEDs
Capturing, cleaning & analysis of data
• All marks and relevant assessment data per learner
will be captured on existing IT systems such as SASAMS, CEMIS and others but will eventually be
uploaded onto the national GET system.
• Trained Systems Administrators will clean the data
and prepare it for analysis
Reporting
• DBE professionals will compile reports – a national report that
reflects provincial and district results & a diagnostic report that
identifies the skills and knowledge that learners were able or not able
to demonstrate in the assessment
• The Minister will release the national report in December
• The diagnostic report will be disseminated to schools in January so
that teachers can plan how they will address the identified learning
deficiencies in the new year
Verification of ANA
• For independent verification of all the processes as well as the
outputs of ANA the DBE has appointed a service provider to conduct
the verification.
• Service provider will monitor the administration of the tests in a
random sample of 125 schools per province during the week of 16 to
19 September
• They will independently mark, process and report performance from
the sampled schools at grades 3, 6 & 9
Conclusion
• DBE, together with PEDs, have monitored the preparations for ANA
2014 through bi-monthly meetings. All reports from PEDs indicate
that PEDS are ready for ANA 2014
• Provincial visits that were conducted in May/June by the DBE verified
the state of readiness of each province
• All schools have received the time table for ANA 2014
• Based on an evaluation of the key components of ANA, the system is
ready for ANA 2014
Conclusion
• The DBE and the PEDs are ready to administer the 2014 NSC
examination and ANA 2014
• The DBE will vigorously pursue its agenda of building a national
examination and assessment system, that is internationally
comparable and credible.
• DBE is harnessing the untapped potential of learner assessment.
• Data analysis and data utilisation to enhance teaching and learning
is the focus.