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5.6 Back-up question papers
• effective contextualisation of questions;
• “fresh” questions; and
Assessment bodies are required to set back-up question papers to be used
• all round accuracy and balance of the papers.
in case of emergency. The standard and quality of back-up question
papers continues to be poor. Some papers had to be returned to
assessment bodies because of the poor standard of the papers.
6. Strengths
6.4 The Physical Science Paper 2 from Free State, IEB, National and
Gauteng as well as the national paper were of a good standard.
The Free State HG paper is the best example of OBE infusion ever.
It was very innovative and original.
6.1 It is worth noting that on the whole the quality of question papers set has
improved greatly over the years. Of remarkable noting is the quality of
questions set in terms of cognitive constructs of the subjects, and also
ensuring that there is proportionate assessing of all the cognitive levels.
6.5 In Mathematics Paper 1, the IEB, North West province, Western
Cape and Gauteng overall set good papers. The North West HG
paper, and the Northern Cape SG paper can serve as exemplars of
good papers, in the sense that they contain, in general, the essential
components that are looked for in a paper.
6.2 There continues to be assessment bodies that strive to produce good
standard question papers. The following examples are worth
highlighting:
7. Areas of concern
7.1 Late submission of question papers for first moderation. Assessment
6.3 The Physical Science Paper 1 from Western Cape and Northern
Cape were singled out by moderators mainly due to:
bodies still continue to send papers as late as September. The
Biology HG papers from Limpopo, and the Biology SG and HG
papers from Western Cape were sent in September. This puts the
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