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The attached timetable for the ABET Level 4 examinations in June 2009 has just been received from the national Department of Education. The examinations will commence on 1 June 2009 and conclude on 22 June 2009. On certain days the examination will be written at 09:00, while on other days it will begin at 14:00. As these examinations are a national process, the dates and times are applicable to the whole country and no deviation from the timetable can be allowed.
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As in the past, education district office, Head Office and Umalusi officials will monitor the examination process. These monitors must be allowed to monitor examinations only on proof of a letter authorising them to do so on behalf of their office.
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Should a centre's examinations be conducted on the premises of a mainstream school, then the centre manager must make prior arrangements for the use of the strongroom, administration section, classrooms, ablution facilities, etc.
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Centres must ensure that their chief invigilators and invigilators are well-trained and able to deal effectively with the administration of the examinations.
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It is the function of the centre manager to manage all administrative matters. All centre managers must therefore be at the examination centres before the commencement of each examination session and at the end of each examination session.
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No person may be allowed into the examination venue unless he or she has produced a letter of admission and a form of identity.
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Centre managers are also requested to do the following:
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Provide all their educators and candidates with the timetable as soon as possible to enable them to make their final preparations for the examinations;
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Remind all their candidates that their identity documents and letters of admission must be produced before the commencement of each examination session so as to prevent impersonation by candidates. If a candidate is allowed to write an examination without the valid identity document and letter of admission, then it will be treated as an irregularity, pending a departmental investigation into the legitimacy of the candidate who wrote that examination.
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Kindly wish all the candidates well for the examinations on behalf of the Western Cape Education Department.
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SIGNED: T SINGH
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2009:04:01
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