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The attached timetable for the May 2010 ABET Level 4 examinations has just been received from the national Department of Education. The examinations will commence on 3 May 2010 and conclude on 25 May 2010. All examination sessions will start 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 may be allowed.
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As in the past, Education District officials, Head Office officials and Umalusi representatives will monitor the examination process. A monitor must only be allowed to monitor an examination if he or she can produce proof of identity and a letter authorising him or her to do so on behalf of the office concerned. |
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Should a centre's examinations be conducted on the premises of a mainstream school, the centre manager must make prior arrangements for the use of the strong room, the 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 centre manager's task to manage all administrative matters regarding the examinations concerned. All centre managers must therefore be at the examination centres before the commencement and at the end of each examination session. |
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No candidate may be allowed into an 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: |
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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 in order to prevent any identity fraud. If a candidate is allowed to write an examination without the valid identity document and letter of admission, the matter 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 the candidates well for the examinations on behalf of the Western Cape Education Department. |
SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2010:03:01
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