1. The purpose of this circular is to provide schools with the timetable and the assessment guidelines for the writing of the 2013 Annual National Assessments (ANA).

2. The ANA will be written from 10 – 13 September 2013 as indicated on the attached prescribed timetable. Failure to adhere to the prescribed dates and times will constitute an assessment irregularity.

3. Schools must remember that the days on which the ANA are written are ordinary school days and that teaching and learning must resume immediately after each assessment has been completed.

4. As this is a national assessment, monitoring will be undertaken by district officials, provincial officials as well as representatives of the Department of Basic Education (DBE).

5. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has developed Assessment Guidelines for each grade and subject (Language and Mathematics), which outline the scope of the curriculum that needs to be covered by schools prior to the writing of the ANA. The guidelines have been distributed to the education districts and will be placed on the GET Assessment website. To access the guidelines please go to:

http://wced.school.za/home/home.html

  • click on "Teaching/Curriculum Support",
  • click on "Assessment Management",
  • click on "GET Assessment",
  • click on "Annual National Assessments 2013" and then
  • click on "Annual National Assessments Guidelines 2013".
6. Education district officials and principals are kindly requested to bring the contents of this circular to the attention of staff, learners and parents.


SIGNED: PENNY VINJEVOLD
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2013:05:07

2013 Annual National Assessments Timetable  (size: 27 KB)