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Tuesday, 29 October 2013] 4885year and to set, mark and moderate SBA tasks. Exemplars of best practicewere shared with teachers.In respect of the quality assurance of the SBA tasks, the CurriculumAdvisors (CAs) trained teachers to set, assess and moderate tasks - withexemplar tasks set for underperforming schools to assist teachers indeveloping their own SBA tasks. The CAs drew a sample of schools tomoderate the SBA tasks before they were given to learners. Themoderation of SBA tasks occurred throughout the year. Forunderperforming schools, the districts developed plans to support theseschools throughout the year through school visits, teacher developmentworkshops, winter/spring schools and extra classes. All schools thatachieved below 60 percent and those at risk with marks between60 percent and 70 percent were closely monitored with regularinterventions and special programmes. Some of the interventions includedthe following:• Beaming of Telematics lessons to 146 schools in the seven largeenrolment subjects: Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences,Geography, Accounting, English Home Language (HL) andAfrikaans HL.• Lesson segments in Geography, Mathematics and PhysicalSciences were also available on the social network YOUTUBE.• Learners were provided with study guides.• All schools were provided with a CD containing exemplar questionsand answers.• Every learner in Grade 12 was provided with a printed tabloidformat of Questions & Answers in both English and Afrikaanscovering the following subjects: Mathematics, MathematicalLiteracy, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Accounting and EnglishFirst Additional Language (FAL).• Extra classes were conducted during the June and July holidays inall districts.• “Tips for Success” booklets were developed and given to eachGrade 12 learner.• A Matric Support Day was conducted in two sessions (one rural andone urban). Fourteen schools were invited and 1700 learners, intotal, attended. The following subjects were offered; Mathematics,Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Geography, Accounting, EnglishHL, Afrikaans HL and Business Studies.• Advice for learners on how to approach the examinations in subjectcontext was broadcast on community radio stations.• Learners were taken on subject revision camps over weekends andschool vacations.• Learning support material was uploaded on the CurriculumDevelopment website as well as on the social media platform ofYouTube.• Learners attended live stage performances of set-works in the threepredominant languages of the province.ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013