Report on the National Senior Certificate Examination Results 2010.

REPORT ON THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS • 2010
6. MONITORING AND SUPPORT OF PROVINCIAL
EXAMINATION SECTIONS
6.1 Monitoring the State of Readiness of Provincial Education Departments to
conduct NSC examination
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has a constitutional mandate to ensure that Provincial Education
Departments (PEDs) administer and manage the National Senior Certificate examination effectively and
efficiently. As part of monitoring, supporting and evaluating the level of preparedness of the Provincial Education
Departments (PEDs) to administer credible National Senior Certificate assessment and examination in 2010, a
team from the Department of Basic Education led by the Chief Director: Educational Measurement, Assessment
and Public Examination (EMAPE), visited all PEDs from Tuesday, 1 June 2010 to Thursday, 22 July 2010.
From the visits to all nine (9) Provincial Education Departments, it was established that all provinces were
sufficiently prepared for the conduct of a credible 2010 National Senior Certificate Examination. Every concern
identified that would have jeopardised the credibility and integrity of the examinations, was immediately dealt
with. The Monitoring of the State of Readiness was based on the pillars and principles of Schooling 2025,
namely, accountability, performance assessment and remediation .
6.2 Monitoring the writing of examinations
The PEDs and DBE assisted by the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) Moderators appointed
by the DBE monitored the writing of the examination in all PEDs. It must be reported that the involvement of
the (IQMS) Moderators assisted tremendously in that it increased the scope and the number of examination
centres/schools visited. As a result, a total of 1 525 examination centres and districts were monitored across
all PEds .
It is noteworthy that this increased presence of officials at the examination centres and districts has ensured
strict adherence to the prescripts relating to the conduct of examinations. Accordingly, there were fewer
irregularities reported for the 2010 NSC examinations compared to the previous years. In addition, some of
the irregularities reported were identified by the monitors, which confirmed the importance of the monitoring
process .
6.3 Monitoring the marking of examinations
marking commenced on different dates in provinces, with provinces adopting various approaches according
to their circumstances. Gauteng adopted a staggered approach but in the main, marking of the 2010 NSC
examination commenced on 25 November 2010 and concluded on 15 December 2010.
the security at all marking centres visited by the dbE monitors was very tight . security guards patrolled
the premises where marking was being conducted, during office and after hours. The conditions in terms of
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