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4888 [Tuesday, 29 October 2013Number of MarkingOfficialsChief Marker 66Internal Moderators 66Deputy Chief Markers 42Senior Markers 415Markers 2 735TOTAL 3 3244.2.10 Invigilation: The WCED made use of a system of50 percent educators and 50 percent members of thecommunity. The Chief Invigilator was School ManagementTeam (SMT) member of the school and was assisted by asenior invigilator appointed by the community. The seniorinvigilator took charge of the Supplementary examination(February/March) and Senior Certificate Examination(May/June). Principals were appointed as Chief ExaminationOfficers and took full responsibility for the management ofthe examinations.4.2.11 Training of Invigilators: Invigilators were trained annuallyby the WCED during the third term. In 2013, 19 trainingsessions were set-up throughout the province across theeight districts. All principals, chief and senior invigilatorswere trained with training of invigilators being cascaded toassistant invigilators by principals and SMT members of theschool. Support was provided by district officials andprovincial officials where necessary.4.2.12 Monitoring of the Writing: The monitoring of the conduct ofthe examinations was conducted by the WCED and Districts.Daily monitoring reports were submitted to the DBE. Ananalysis of the irregularities database was conducted toidentify centres at risk – these centres were monitoredregularly. The WCED paid special attention to independentschools that wrote the Grade 12 examination for the firsttime.ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013