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2022 NSC Examination State of Readiness

The Northern Cape Department of Education is ready to administer the 2022 National Senior Certificate Examinations. We declare that it is all systems go for the 2022 National Senior Certificate Examinations.

Last year, the Northern Cape achieved a pass rate of 71, 4%, an increase of 5, 4% from 66 % in 2020. The Class of 2022 has an enormous task ahead of them, to ensure that they further improve on last year’s pass percentage and surpass the national average of 76,1%.

Support to the Class of 2022

It goes without saying that the Basic Education sector continues to endure the learning backlogs of the past two years due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Education has had various interventions with a strong emphasis on progressed and borderline learners, in order to ensure that our schools and learners get the maximum support.

Amongst those interventions were the following programmes:

• Curriculum Roadshow and Subject Clinics;

• Radio Broadcasts of lessons, Online and Offline Content Applications;

• Saturday classes, Weekend Lock-In Sessions and Psycho-social support;

• Differentiated Content Support by Subject Advisors for problematic and high

enrolment subjects;

• Provisioning of Additional Learning Support Material; and

• Holiday School Camps for approximately 8000 learners.

The state of readiness for the 2022 NSC examination:

1. The conduct of the examination

The examination for all candidates will commence on 31 October 2022 and conclude on 7 December 2022.

2. Registration of examination centres

All exam centres have been audited by provincial and district officials, based on a national instrument. The Northern Cape has registered 145 National Senior Certificate Examination writing centres.

3. Registration of candidates

The 2022 National Senior Certificate registration has been completed. We have registered a total of 16 105 candidates, of which 13 873 are full time candidates and 2 232 part-time candidates.

4. Integrity management

The Province leaves no stone unturned in ensuring that examination irregularities are prevented, especially acts of dishonesty and possession of unauthorised electronic devices like cell phones. A total of 146 Chief Invigilators were appointed and trained to strengthen our efforts to eradicate examination irregularities for the 2022 NSC examination.

5. Printing, packaging and distribution

All 72 papers are set by Department of Basic Education panels. Packing, boxing and distribution of question papers are done per district, per school, per paper. Security measures are brought in to track each and every question paper printed.

The Province is confident that all candidates will receive question papers on time, on the day of writing.

6. Selection of markers

A thorough process was conducted to ensure that quality marking of answer scripts will take place. The required marker personnel were appointed as follows:

• 766 Markers

• 164 Senior Markers

• 51 Chief Markers

• 21 Deputy Markers

• 51 Internal Moderators

• 3 Centre Managers

• 6 Deputy Centre Managers

• 150 Examination Assistants

7. Commencement and completion of marking

We have identified 3 marking centres for the marking personnel. The marking centres will open on 7 December 2022 and answer scripts and question papers will be delivered to marking centres. The capturing of marks will take place up to the 21st of December 2022.

8. Release of results

The National Minister of Basic Education will have a press conference on the 19th of January 2022 to release the national results.

The Northern Cape will release our provincial results on 20th January 2022, which will be followed by the Matric Awards.

Conclusion

We are confident that the Department of Education, with the full support of the Provincial Government, has during these extremely trying times done our level best to equip each and every willing candidate to sit down for what will be the most important examination they will ever write.

It is also important to understand that the matric examination not only impacts on the registered candidates, but is a partnership between Government, the parents, family and the community as a whole. This partnership spanned over 12 years and we have reached the last chapter of their schooling career. Now they will sit alone for the examinations, but they will do so with our full support and well wishes.

We call on parents and family members to give the class of 2022 all the support, guidance and patience they need to transition from school to adulthood.

We call upon the class of 2022 to conduct themselves ethically and professionally when they sit for their exams. They have signed an oath to do so and we trust they will uphold this oath and pledge.

We are confident that the Class of 2022 will do the Northern Cape proud.

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