Untitled - Umalusi

8. Recommendations
Based on the analysis of the twenty reports from external moderators, the
following are some of the recommendations:
8.5 Examiners and internal moderators should keep abreast of
international developments in their subjects, as this would ensure that
new developments are infused into the paper. Trends are constantly
changing in subjects and it is important that these developments are
evident in the question papers set. These however, have to be
8.1 Assessment bodies must submit question papers to external
moderators well before the set due date of 30 April.
communicated to teachers so that they teach in accordance with
latest developments in the subjects.
8.2 The interactive meetings between the external moderators, examiners
and internal moderators that used to be hosted by Umalusi but have
now been taken over by DOE, needs to be reinstated as this is the
only forum where crucial issues relating to the setting, quality and
8.6 Examiners and internal moderators should ensure that question papers
are edited and in their print-ready form prior to forwarding them for
external moderation. Question papers submitted for external moderation
should, in all circumstances, be typed and NOT handwritten.
standard of papers can be addressed.
8.7 Question papers should be accompanied by typed internal
8.3 In cases where new appointments are made, all the necessary
examination information should be made available to the new
appointees to allow for continuity.
moderators’ reports that indicate clearly that internal moderation has
been done. These reports must be presented on the report format
prescribed by Umalusi, with all the necessary information.
8.4 Examiners should revise question papers taking in to consideration
the comments from external moderators and resubmit the revised
copies on time.
8.8 All assessment bodies should align question papers according to the
national guidelines with regard to syllabus coverage, time allocation,
topic allocation, language and formatting.
19