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The WCED has received several complaints regarding the standard and fairness of certain questions in specific learning areas in the 2009 Common Tasks for Assessment (CTA).
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After careful consideration and comment from learning area specialists, the WCED has decided to adapt the Grade 9 resulting system to ensure that learners are not unfairly disadvantaged in the learning areas, Arts and Culture, isiXhosa First Additional Language and Natural Sciences.
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Teachers must mark according to the memoranda provided by the national Department of Basic Education (DoBE). Schools cannot omit any section of the memorandum nor make their own adjustments.
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Raw marks as obtained by the learners for the Section B of the CTA must be recorded using the WCED grade 9 resulting programme, which must be downloaded from CEMIS from 27 November 2009.
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The grade 9 resulting programme will contain WCED approved adjustments for the three learning areas and will automatically calculate the final Term 4 result as well as the final promotion mark per learning area.
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School principals are required to ensure that the marks on the learners' report cards are the same as on the final approved schedule.
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Kindly inform all teachers about the contents of this minute. |
SIGNED: PA VINJEVOLD
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2009:11:26
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