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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 : Assessment

15. 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