Untitled - Umalusi

• ensure that there are appropriate security measures in place for the
safekeeping of the examination material;
• establish the state of readiness of the assessment bodies to administer
the October/November 2005 Senior Certificate Examination;
• ensure that processes related to the administration and conduct of the
Senior Certificate Examination are credible;
• ensure that marking is done in a fair manner and is of appropriate and
acceptable standard;
• ensure that the processing and capture of results does not advantage
or disadvantage learners.
4. The approach
Umalusi deployed 23 monitors to monitor the conduct of Senior Certificate
Examination. The deployment of monitors took into consideration the
vastness of the province. For example, Limpopo, Eastern Cape,
KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were each allocated three monitors
whereas other provinces were allocated two monitors each. Each
monitor was required to monitor two schools in a day over three days;
however, the convenors were allocated two days to monitor the writing
phase as one day was reserved for monitoring the design phase.
3. The scope
The monitoring exercise extends across the eleven assessment bodies,
namely, the nine provincial departments of education, the Independent
Examination Board (IEB) and the Beweging vir Christelike Volkseie
Onderwys (BCVO).
All the phases of examination were monitored during the 2005 Senior
Certificate Examinations. Umalusi selected a sample of two subjects per
assessment body across all assessment bodies that were tracked from the
monitoring of the design phase through to the capture and processing of
results. The sampling of subjects was informed by the 2004 Senior
Certificate Examination monitoring reports. Subjects that had problems
were tracked. However, some assessment bodies had no problems in
The monitoring exercise started on 09 September 2005 and
ended on 19 December 2005 after the standardization meetings
2004 but the same route was taken to maintain uniformity and to ensure
that that proper systems are in place.
were finalized.
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