25.04.2014 Views

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

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

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Figure 7 compares the average pass percentage marks for Grades 1-3 between 2011 and <strong>2012</strong> in<br />

Language.<br />

Figure 7: Average percentage marks for Grades 1-3 in 2011 and <strong>2012</strong>: Language<br />

It is apparent in Figure 7 that learners in <strong>2012</strong> obtained the same score of 58% in Grade 1 and 2<br />

Language. There was a decline of 1% in grade1 and 4% in Grade 3. In considering 2011 and <strong>2012</strong><br />

average percentage marks, there is a conspicuous increase of 8% and 15% in Grades 2 and 3<br />

respectively.<br />

Unlike the situation in the Foundation Phase, it is unfair to compare learner performance in Language<br />

at the Intermediate phase and Grade 9. The reason being that, for the first time in <strong>2012</strong> two tests<br />

were set, one at Home Language (HL) level and the other at First Additional Language (FAL) level<br />

in Grades 4-6 and 9. Learners, therefore, wrote either of these tests in <strong>2012</strong> which was not the case<br />

in 2011.<br />

64

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!