(Vocational) and - Umalusi

8 CONCLUSION
The quality and standard of question papers appear acceptable, but owing to similar
format and the repetition of questions, their content has become highly predictable. This is
a concern as candidates who work through previous examination papers could pass a
certain subject without having actually mastered its content.
Evidence of actual interrogation of the question papers in the form of detailed reports and
assessment frameworks must be stipulated by the DHET to ensure that question papers are
balanced and challenging. The under-specification of content, weightings of topics and
cognitive demand and content that is outdated are curriculum issues which must be
addressed urgently to ensure the setting of question papers at the appropriate level. If
justice is to be done to the many thousands of learners in the system the revision of
curricula should be prioritised.
Cognisance is taken of the progress made in certain processes and the efforts of the DHET
to train examiners and internal moderators. It is to be hoped that the positive results of
these training sessions will be evident in the question papers in the next examination cycle.
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