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external moderators under pressure to approve papers they would
have ordinarily rejected, due to time pressures.
negatively on the quality and standard of question papers submitted
for external moderation.
7.2 Not all assessment bodies submit question papers for re-moderation.
When a question paper is required for second or subsequent
moderation, the external moderator indicates on the report, and such
question papers should be re-submitted to the external moderator.
7.6 The majority of question papers had to be moderated more than
once, and this again is due to the poor quality and presentation of
question papers. The following are examples of question papers that
had to be moderated more than once:
7.3 Assessment bodies submit incomplete question papers for external
moderation.
7.7 North West and Mpumalanga SG and HG Physical Science
papers.
7.4 The assessment body back-up papers do not match the quality and
standard of the national papers. As indicated in the report earlier,
7.8 The Mpumalanga English Primary Language SG and HG papers
were moderated twice.
external moderators attribute this to the competency of examiners.
This is because the best moderators are attracted to set national
papers. Assessment bodies have a tendency to use questions over
and over again, making the question paper too straightforward
and predictable.
7.9 The Art paper from the following assessment bodies had to be moderated
twice: North West HG paper 1, Gauteng SG and HG,
Mpumalanga SG and HG, Eastern Cape SG and HG, Limpopo SG
and HG and Western Cape SG and HG.
7.5 Poor quality or even absence of internal moderation of question
papers. This matter cannot be overemphasised as it impacts so
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