School's Report 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination

The advent of a democratic dispensation in our country has seen many developments that have
propelled our country to be recognised as a nation among the nations of the worlds. The freedom
that has been attained must be protected by ensuring that all our citizens receive good quality
education.
The sustainability of the gains we have made is dependent on the solid foundation that we must lay
in education of our children and society. Evidence suggests that the country has made significant
progress in increasing access of our young people to education who otherwise would not have had
an opportunity to education. There has also been an increase in the number of learners who access
basic services that support development.
Similarly, there is still a lot to be done with respect to improving the quality of basic education in our
country. To this extent, our government has declared education as the apex priority to ensure that we
can collectively work towards the attainment of improved outcomes in education. This is a decision
that seeks to ensure that our education system becomes equitable, accessible and relevant.
In response to this national mandate, we have endeavoured to ensure that we increase our levels of
accountability in the management of education in the country. It is a responsibility we have accepted
with the conscious belief that our people deserve better. We have also subjected ourselves to be
measured through independent evaluation tools that will determine the progress that we are making
in transforming our education system. This is to ensure that our young people receive the best
quality support in our education system in our lifetime.
We are cognisant that there are challenges that still confront the education system in our Country
and the province. These are structural and systemic problems that have entrenched themselves as if
they were the true character of our education system. Consequently, we have begun a process of the
transformation of the schooling system in KwaZulu-Natal with a view of dismantling any remaining
vestiges that are unwarranted in our system.
Our goal to enhance service delivery and provide high quality education for all the Province’s learners
has necessitated that we streamline the schooling system to make it more efficient and less wasteful.
To do this we will embark on a programme for the transformation of our schooling system. The
transformation programme will address the following key issues:
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