1. The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) approved the 2018 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations timetable which has been circulated as Circular 0006/2018, dated 25 January 2018.

2. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has communicated the dates for the writing of South African Sign Language Home Language (SASLHL), which has been distributed in Circular 0018/2018, dated 21 April 2018.

3. Following input from various stakeholders, it was decided to amend the dates for the 2018 SASLHL NSC examinations as follows:

  1. SASLHL P1 will be written on Tuesday, 06 November 2018 at 09:00
  2. SASLHL P2 will be written on Thursday, 15 November 2018 at 09:00
  3. SASLHL P3 will be written on Tuesday, 20 November 2018 at 09:00
4. The dates for the preparatory examinations in SASLHL for Grade 12 are amended as follows:

  1. SASLHL P1 will be written on Monday, 13 August 2018 at 09:00
  2. SASLHL P2 will be written on Wednesday, 15 August 2018 at 09:00
  3. SASLHL P3 will be written on Friday, 17 August 2018 at 09:00
5. The preparatory examinations will be marked centrally in Pretoria. The scheduled dates for marking are 28 to 31 August 2018.

6. The DBE will conduct the moderation of the School-Based Assessment (SBA) and the moderation of Paper 4 (Observations and Signing) in each province. Each learner’s SBA portfolio and SASLHL Paper 4 will be moderated by a team of moderators appointed by the DBE.

7. The moderation schedule is as follows:

School Number of learners – Grade 12 Dates for moderation
De La Bat-skool 1 25 September 2018
Dominikaanse Skool vir Dowes 3 25 September 2018

8. Kindly bring the contents of this circular and the amended provincial 2018 National Senior Certificate examination timetable (Annexure A) to the attention of all learners who are offering South African Sign Language Home Language.


SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2018:07:10

National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination Timetable October - November 2018 (Final - 3rd Amended)  (size: 80 KB)