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

SCHOOL’S REPORT 2012 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC) EXAMINATION
4.4.4 Monitoring of the Conduct of Examinations
The irregularities discovered in the 2012 NSC are being investigated. These will be finalised by mid-
January 2013. Candidates will be informed of the outcomes of the investigations before the end of
January 2013.
4.4.5 Supplementary Examinations
The supplementary examinations are meant to give the second chance to candidates who did meet
the minimum requirements for promotion. This is a question for social justice and improved access.
This is applicable in the following:
• If the candidate is short of two subjects to obtain the National Senior Certificate Qualification,
the candidate may sit for these two subjects, as per the entry for NSC 2012 examination.
If a candidate was medically unfit and as a result, was absent from one or more external
examination session, he/she may register for any number of subjects provided that evidence
is produced.
• If there was a death in the immediate family of a candidate (father, mother, brother, sister,
grandparents, husband, wife, legal partner and children) he/she may register for any number
of subjects provided that evidence is produced. A candidate, who did not write the examination
or part thereof, has the option to write the supplementary examination only in the paper or
papers that he/she was unable to write.
• A candidate who provides documentary evidence that he/she qualified for admission to a
higher education institution or for an occupation, but does not satisfy the higher education
faculty requirements or the requirements for the specific occupation, may be allowed to
register for a maximum of two subjects, as per the entry for NSC 2011, in order to satisfy
such admission requirements.
Candidates who were medically unfit or had a death in a family will have to submit proof to write
the supplementary examination and will receive an entry form with the statement of results. School
Based Assessment marks (CASS marks captured for the NSC November 2012 Examination) will be
used to satisfy internal assessment requirements.
The province has put in place a plan to extend this privilege to deserving candidates. The timetable
for the 2013 National Senior Certificate Supplementary Examination was printed and distributed
to schools in November 2012. The closing date for entries for candidates is 21 January 2013. The
examination will commence on 14 February 2013 and concludes on 20 March 2013.
57