1. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) received Circular E12 of 2015 from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) amending the 2015 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination timetable.
2. According to the NSC timetable which has been circulated to schools by means of Circular 0007/2015 dated 02 March 2015, the subjects Urdu SAL Paper 1 and Arabic SAL Paper 1 are scheduled to be written at 14:00 on Monday, 2 November 2015, together with Religion Studies Paper 1 with the other non-official Languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telegu HL, FAL, SAL Paper 1 as well as French, Modern Greek, Italian, Spanish, Latin SAL Paper 1.
3. The second papers (Paper 2) of Urdu and Arabic are to be written at 14:00 on Monday, 9 November 2015, together with Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telegu HL, FAL, SAL Paper 1 as well as French, Modern Greek, Italian, Spanish, Latin SAL Paper 2.
4. It has come to the attention of the DBE that there are some candidates that are offering Urdu as well as French and Modern Greek.
5. In order to avert the clash, the DBE has asked Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) to amend the 2015 NSC examination timetable that was issued by the WCED in terms of Circular 0007/2015.
6. Urdu SAL Paper 1 and Urdu SAL Paper 2 will now be written on Friday, 30 October 2015 and Friday, 6 November 2015 respectively, at 14:00 in both cases. Also, Modern Greek SAL Paper 1 will be written on Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 14:00 while Modern Greek SAL Paper 2 will be written on Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 09:00.
7. The duration of Economics Paper 1 and Paper 2 has also been increased from one and a half hours (1.5 hrs) to 2 hours respectively. This has been amended on the timetable.
8. Furthermore, the sequence of the papers for the subject Sport and Exercise Science has been altered. This implies that Sport and Exercise Science Paper 1 and Sport and Exercise Science Paper 2 will now be written on Monday, 16 November 2015 and Friday, 20 November 2015 respectively.
9. The amended final 2015 NSC examination timetable is attached.
10. It is imperative that principals ensure that all teachers and candidates are informed of these amendments.


SIGNED: PA VINJEVOLD
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2015:05:21

Amended Final Examination Timetable: Oct - Nov 2015 National Senior Certificate Examination  (size: 67 KB)