1. The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for Accounting and Business Studies specifies that the examinations of these subjects should consist of ONE 3-hour paper of 300 marks.

2. The Council of Education Ministers has approved the splitting of the current Accounting and Business Studies papers into TWO 2-hour papers of 150 marks each.

3. The CAPS for Accounting stipulates that Managing Resources must be integrated in the teaching and assessment of the other two main topics. This principle will be maintained. Learners will also be provided with a formulae sheet.

4. The new paper structure and formulae sheets for Accounting are attached as Annexure A.

5. The new paper structure and format of each paper for Business Studies are attached as
Annexure B.

6. The implementation dates are as follows:

  1. 2018: Grade 10;
  2. 2019: Grade 11; and
  3. 2020: Grade 12.
7. Principals are kindly requested to bring the content of this circular to the attention of all the teachers concerned.


SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2018:01:23

Annexure A: Accounting  (size: 64 KB)
Annexure B: Business studies  (size: 55 KB)