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South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996)

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Regulations for the Conduct, Administration and Management of Assessment for the Senior Certificate, 2005

Chapter 9 : May/June 2008 Examinations

46. May/June 2008 examinations

 

(1) A full time candidate who did not register for a subject in the October/November 2007 examination, may not be permitted to write an examination in that subject in the May/June 2008 examination.

 

(2) Only the following candidates qualify to write the May/June 2008 examination:
(a) A candidate who becomes ill during the October/November 2007 examination, on condition that he or she produces a medical certificate;
(b) A candidate who has not met the minimum promotion requirements in the examination but requires one or more subject to obtain a final promotion. Such a candidate will not be limited to a pre-determined number of subjects, however, will be restricted to subjects but not the grade for which they registered in the November 2007 examination sitting.
(c) A candidate who obtains a conditional exemption, i.e. one requirement short of a Senior Certificate with matriculation endorsement in the October/November 2007 examination, may register for the Senior Certificate examination in May/June 2008 as a supplementary examination. For this purpose, the October/November 2007 and the May/June 2008 examinations will be regarded as one examination sitting;
(d) A candidate who provides documentary evidence that he or she qualifies for admission to university or any other higher education institution but does not satisfy the higher education faculty/department/subject requirements. Such a candidate will not be limited to a pre-determined number of subjects, but will, however, be restricted to subjects and grades for which they registered in the November 2007 examination sitting;
(e) In the case of a death in the family or other special reasons for absence, admission to the May/June 2008 examination as a supplementary examination is at the discretion of the Head of Department.
(f) The Umalusi Council shall endorse Senior Certificates that have to be endorsed in terms of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the matriculation endorsement requirements on the first day of the month following the month in which the requirements for endorsement were satisfied, provided that in the case of a candidate who satisfied, the requirements for endorsement at two or more examination sittings, the dates on which the subjects were passed at the relevant examination sittings shall also be indicated on the Senior Certificate.

 

(3) An assessment body may permit a candidate who is unable to write the final October/November 2007 examination due to an injury or illness or any other valid reason, to write the May/June 2008 examination based on the following conditions:
(a) The candidate produces documentary evidence in support of his request and submits a copy thereof to the assessment body, within 14 days from the date on which the specific examination was written;
(b) The Head of the Institution countersigns the evidence; and
(c) The Head of the Institution makes a recommendation on whether the candidate should be permitted to write the examination.

 

(4) If a candidate does not write a final October/November 2007 examination for reasons other than an injury or illness, such as participating in international sports fixtures, the candidate may apply for special permission as stipulated in subregulation (2). The examination body may allow the candidate to register for the May/June 2008 examination as a supplementary examination.

 

(5) The examination body may provisionally grant a candidate admission to the May/June 2008 examination as a supplementary examination in the case where an irregularity regarding the candidate is being investigated.

 

(6) If in the case of subregulation (5), the candidate is found guilty, the results of the May/June 2008 examination are declared null and void.

 

(7) A candidate may not change a subjects in the May/June 2008 examination as a supplementary examination. The subject grade may, however be changed.

 

(8) A candidate who did not write the 2007 Senior Certificate examination or part thereof due to the reasons stated in subregulation 2(a) and (e), may be granted permission to write the May/June 2008 examination as a supplementary examination only in the paper or papers that he or she did not write.