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invigilators were seated and the reason provided for that was that very
few candidates were writing the paper.
communication facilities at the marking centres were available and
in working order.
e. Most examination centres have seating plans, however, in Limpopo at
Techni-Ven, there was no seating plan and the reason provided for this
was that not all candidates turned up for the examination. This
raises a concern because in case an irregularity is suspected, there
will be no reference to the seating plan to justify or dispute the
occurrence of the irregularity.
h. The appointment of markers is done on an annual basis. The
markers must have passed the subject for which they have applied
to mark at second year level and must have taught the subject at
Grade 12 in the past three years. The examination administration
assistants are also appointed across the assessment bodies and
their duties are to ensure that all questions in the scripts are marked
and that marks are correctly carried over to the margins and to
f. Examination centres are kept clean except for somewhere it was
reported that the rooms were untidy. The centres that were reported to
the cover. They also have to ensure that computation of marks is
done correctly.
be untidy in Limpopo are Dzimauli High School and Techni-Ven
centres. In Gauteng, Immaculata Combined school was also found to
be untidy. In Limpopo, candidates at Techni-Ven were allowed to bring
cellphones into the examination room but were required to switch them
off. The discrepancy was brought to the attention of the chief
invigilator and he acknowledged that this was an error on his side.
i. The training of markers focuses mainly on the discussion of the
memorandum across all assessment bodies. The chief markers and
senior markers report at the marking centre a day before the markers
to check the number of scripts against the mark sheets and sort the
scripts. Thereafter, a sample of scripts is marked by the team
followed by a discussion of the memorandum during which new
g. Generally, venues used as marking centres were of a good
standard. The furniture at the marking centres was suitable and
answers that are correct but are not included in the memorandum
are highlighted.
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