1. The Department of Basic Education has issued Circular S8 of 2012 regarding prescribed poems for Home and First Additional languages and short stories for First Additional languages to be studied for the National Senior Certificate examinations of November-December 2013 and February-March 2014.
2. Circular S8 states that the Department of Basic Education will not be prescribing new poems for Home and First Additional languages and new short stories for official First Additional languages for the National Senior Certificate examinations of November-December 2013 and February-March 2014.
3. The same poems and short stories studied for 2012 must be studied for the National Senior Certificate examinations of November-December 2013 and February-March 2014.
(See Annexure A.)
4. Kindly bring the content of this minute to the attention of all language teachers responsible for preparing candidates for the National Senior Certificate examinations.


SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: CURRICULUM & ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
DATE: 2012:12:07

Annexure A: List of selected poems and short stories for Grade 12  (size: 83 KB)