Non-Profit Organisations Act, 1997
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South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No 84 of 1996)The National Senior Certificate : A Qualification at Level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)Chapter 3 : Assessment15. Recording and reporting |
Seven levels of competence have been described for each subject in the Subject Assessment Guidelines. These descriptions will assist teachers to assess learners and grade them at the correct level. The various achievement levels and their corresponding percentage bands are as shown in Table 1 below.
Teachers/examiners may either work from mark allocation/percentages to rating codes, or from rating codes to percentages.
TABLE 1: SCALE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM STATEMENT GRADES 10-12 (GENERAL)
|
RATING CODE |
RATING |
MARKS % |
|
7 |
Outstanding achievement |
80 - 100 |
|
6 |
Meritorious achievement |
70 -79 |
|
5 |
Substantial achievement |
60 - 69 |
|
4 |
Adequate achievement |
50 - 59 |
|
3 |
Moderate achievement |
40 - 49 |
|
2 |
Elementary achievement |
30 - 39 |
|
1 |
Not achieved |
0 - 29 |
