Matric 2012: Support Resources
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1. Examination Timetable

The October - November 2012 National Senior Certificate Examination Timetable (FINAL)
(pdf: size 55 KB)



2. WCED booklet:  GRADE 12 - TIPS FOR SUCCESS / GRAAD 12 - WENKE VIR SUKSES  (pdf)




This booklet provides advice on preparing for the exams, planning your study time, what to cover in each subject and advice from those who excelled in last year’s exams. It is available here, either as a whole or by chapter.

Hierdie boek is voorberei om jou te help om jou matriek deur te kom. Dit gee raad oor hoe om vir die eksamen voor te berei, hoe om jou studietyd te beplan, wat om te leer vir elke vak en dit sluit in advies van leerders wat uitgeblink het in verlede jaar se eksamen. Dit is beskikbaar hier.




3. Matric support resources on Thutong (the national education portal website) &
   the Department of Basic Education website
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   Thutong's "Support for Matrics" page includes an extensive variety of resources for Grade 12 learners including
   
   

   • Self Study Guides
   • the Proverto Study Guides
   • Life Sciences Grade 12 Exam revision
   • links to other Matric support web sites

The Department of Basic Education has released a series called "Mind the Gap study guides" for
Grade 12 learners. The following subjects are available:



• Accounting
• Economics
• Geography
• Geography Maps
• Life Sciences


4. Matric Coundown supplement  (in pdf format) :
   English (pdf 631 KB )  |  Afrikaans (pdf 680 KB )
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5. Past NSC Matric examination question papers and memoranda  (in pdf format) :
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The Department of Basic Education has the following sets of question and memorandum papers available for download:

• 2012:  Grade 12 NSC February/March examination papers and memoranda

• 2011:  Grade 12 NSC October/December examination papers and memoranda

• 2011:  Grade 12 NSC February/March examination papers and memoranda

• 2010:  Grade 12 NSC October/December examination papers and memoranda

• 2009:  Grade 12 NSC March/April & October/December examination papers and memoranda

• 2008:  Grade 12 NSC October/December examination papers and memoranda




The above sets of question papers and marking memoranda are also available on CD (1 CD each for November 2008 / March 2009, November 2009 / February 2010 / November 2010 / February 2011 and November 2011 / February 2012) at a cost of R20 per CD from     Edumedia (WCED) at 3 Station Road, Mowbray, Cape Town 7705     Telephone: 021 689 9536  or  Fax: 021 685 7421  or  edumedia@westerncape.gov.za



6. Lessons on DVD:

The WCED, in association with the University of Stellenbosch's Telematic Teaching Project, has made available a series of DVDs containing lessons for selected subjects including Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Afrikaans Home Language, English First Additional Language, Accountancy, Life Sciences and Geography.

For information on how to obtain copies of these DVDs, please contact   Edumedia (WCED), 3 Station Road, MOWBRAY, Cape Town 7705   Telephone: 021 689 9536  or  Fax: 021 685 7421  or  edumedia@westerncape.gov.za