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The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) has endorsed the merging of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) supplementary examination with the Senior Certificate (SC) examination, with effect from 2019. |
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This implies that as from 2018, Grade 12 learners who write the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination in November 2018, and who would have qualified to write the supplementary examination in February/March 2019, will write the equivalent of the supplementary examination in May/June 2019. |
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The June SC examination offers all the subjects taken in the October/November examination and is based on the same curriculum as the November NSC examination. Even though learners write the SC examination in May/June 2019, they will be issued with the NSC certificate on completion. |
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The May/June SC examination will afford "open access" to learners since there would be no restrictions to writing the examination, as is the case with the current supplementary examination. This implies that learners who failed to meet the requirements in the November examination, together with those who passed but seek to improve their performance, may register to write the May/June examination. |
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Candidates who were absent from the writing of one or more question papers in the October/November examination due to ill health or other unforeseen circumstances, must present a medical certificate or other acceptable documentary evidence to support their application to write the May/June 2019 SC examination. |
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Registration details relating to the June 2019 examination will be communicated when the Statement of Results are issued on Friday, 04 January 2019. |
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It is therefore important that this new arrangement relating to the supplementary examination is brought to the attention of all current Grade 12 learners, who will be affected by this new dispensation in 2019. |
SIGNED: T SINGH
ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
DATE: 2018:09:18
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