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The Regulations Pertaining to the Conduct, Administration and Management of the National Senior Certificate Examination of May 2014, make provision for a final promotion mark for Life Orientation based on internal assessment, which must be externally moderated, as well as a CAT which is externally set and moderated. |
| 2. |
The aim of this minute is to inform schools of the procedure to be followed in the administration of the CAT for Life Orientation. |
| 3.1 |
The CAT for LO is part of the final promotion mark in Grade 12 and therefore all schools must write it. |
| 3.2 |
The date for the writing of CAT for LO is 04 September 2015, from 09:00 to 11:00. Any deviation from this date and time will be regarded as a serious irregularity. |
| 3.3 |
The CAT for LO will consist of a two hour paper totalling 80 marks. It will replace Task 4 in Term 3 and will constitute 20% of the final mark for LO. |
| 3.4 |
The WCED will print question papers for CAT for LO for all learners in the province according to the final registration data as indicated on the Centralised Education Management Information System (CEMIS) and distribute them to all schools that offer the National Senior Certificate (NSC). |
| 3.5 |
Upon receipt of the question papers, principals must take full responsibility as Chief Examination Officers to ensure that all conditions and rules relating to the NSC examinations are followed. |
| 3.6 |
Principals must open the envelope on the day of the examination in the presence of the learners and oversee the distribution of the question papers. |
| 3.7 |
Principals must ensure that invigilators are vigilant while CAT for LO is written. |
| 3.8 |
After the writing of CAT, the scripts must be sealed in the bag provided and stored in the strong room of the school until the commencement of marking. |
| 4. |
Marking guideline discussions |
| 4.1 |
National and provincial marking guideline discussion meetings will take place from 9-10 September 2015. |
| 4.2 |
The final marking guideline will be provided to schools by 15 September 2015 and scripts may only be removed from the strong room on the day marking commences. |
| 5.1 |
The marking of CAT should be conducted at the school under the supervision of the principal, with a senior teacher or Head of Department (HOD) acting as the internal moderator. |
| 5.2 |
The marking process should commence on 16 September 2015 and must be concluded by 30 September 2015. |
| 5.3 |
Where there is more than one teacher teaching LO at the school, principals should ensure that teachers do not mark the scripts of their own learners. |
| 6. |
Moderation of learner evidence |
| 6.1 |
At least 10% of the marked scripts should be moderated by a senior teacher or HOD. |
| 6.2 |
The Curriculum Adviser for LO must moderate a sample of scripts from selected schools.
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| 6.3 |
Provincial and national moderation of CAT for LO shall take place during October 2015. |
| 7. |
Capturing of marks for CAT for LO |
| 7.1 |
A special mark sheet will be issued to schools for the recording of marks for CAT for LO. This mark sheet will be additional to the normal mark sheet provided for LO. |
| 7.2 |
The CAT mark sheet must be sent to the WCED together with the rest of the school based assessment mark sheets. |
| 8. |
Principals are kindly requested to make the necessary arrangements for the conduct of this assessment. |
| 9. |
Kindly bring this information to the attention of all Life Orientation teachers and learners. |
SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
DATE: 2015:07:17
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