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DR Mthembu - Director Generals Provincial Engagements
DR Mthembu - Director Generals Provincial Engagements
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Main focus areas
•There are four pillars identified for driving the programmes for
supporting the theme “FOCUS ON THE CLASS OF 2023”.
•Learner Support (Holiday Classes, Online classes, Weekend
•Classes, Organized Study sessions, Study groupings etc.)
10. STAY WITH THEM UNTIL THEY WRITE THE LAST PAPER
Support for high flyers
•Grade 11 (2022) raw mark results indicate that there are high
flyers (learners who learn lessons, topics or concepts at a faster
rate).
•These learners need special support to enhance their
potential for quality passes.
•On top of normal activities in the classroom, these learners
must be provided with:
1.Enrichment activities.
1.Opportunities to lead discussions in study groups.
1.Encouragement to improve their pass percentage and
quality of passes.
1.Words of praise when they excel perform well but make
them aware that there is still much more room for
improvement.
•LETS PROVIDE HIGH FLYERS WITH MORE CHALLENGING TASKS.
Special support for Boy Learners
•Schools and districts must provide programmes to encourage
boys to stay at school instead of dropping out (Address by
young successful former schoolboys and other boys who are in
leadership).
•Conscientize boys about the harsh consequences of drug
abuse, criminal activities etc. (Gauteng is a good example). In
these sessions inmates warned boys about consequences of
crime.
•Motivational speakers must be organised to boost the
confidence of boys and ‘unpack the dangers of peer pressure).
•Motivate boys to make “Education Fashionable” than other
destructive tendencies.
•ENCOURAGE BOYS TO STAY AT SCHOOL AND NOT TO QUIT.
Special support for Girl earners
•South Africa has addressed a number of “Obstacles to Girls’
Education” such as poverty (no fee schools), long distances to
schools (learner transport), menstruation (dignity pads) etc.
•Provinces must encourage parents (through governing bodies)
to avoid domestic chores to be an obstacle to learning and
studying for the class of 2023.
•Work with communities to ensure that gender based violence
(at home, in society and in schools) does not stand on the way
of girls to learn.
•Child marriage and trafficking are other “Obstacles to Girls’
Education”.
•LET US INVOLVE COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT “GIRL’S
EDUCATION”.
Make the Class of 2023 “Exam Fit”
•Analyze the quarterly assessments especially the mid-year
examination and preparatory check the following:
Learners who did not complete the paper
Learners who struggle with medium order questions and
higher order questions.
Learners who struggle with source based questions.
Learners who mix questions.
Learners who skipped many questions.
Learners who submit blank scripts.
Learners who fail to follow examiners instructions.
•These learners must be supported as problems are identified.
•LET ALL PROVINCES ENSURE THAT THE CLASS OF 2023 FOLLOW
THE EXAMINATIONS INSTRUCTIONS.
Make the Class of 2023 “Exam Fit”
• Expose the class of 2023 to a variety of study guides available in the
system so that they familiarize themselves with questions.
• Develop a question mosaic:
DRAINAGE DRAINAGE DRAINAGE DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS SYSTEMS 2019 SYSTEMS 2019 SYSTEMS 2020
2018
SYSTEMS 2018
FINAL EXAMS
GEOGRAPHY FINAL EXAM SUPPLEMENTARY FINAL EXAMS SUPPLEMENTARY
QUESTION
MOSAIC
2023
1200
1000
800
600 419 359
400 288 264 228 260 288 244
219
119 154
200 53 27 37 44 70 58 68
1 8
0 0
100% 0%
Supporting poorest performing schools in subjects
•Provinces must identify the 2022 poorest performing schools in
subjects (0%-30%) in the high enrollment gateway subjects.
•They must also identify the non performing schools (0%) in
grade 11 (2022) raw marks in the following learning fields:
1.Economic Management Sciences
1.Natural Sciences
1.Mathematical Sciences
1.Social Sciences
•These high enrollment learning fields are very critical in
determining the performance of schools.
•District Heads of Curriculum must develop special programmes
to eliminate non-performing schools in 2023 by providing
teacher development programmes for teachers.
•LETS SUPPORT TEACHING THROUGH TEACHER DEVELOPMENT.
Training in Instructional Planning
•Principals of underperforming schools must be trained and assisted to
develop School Improvement Plans, Departmental Improvement Plans and
Subject Improvement Plans with implementation progress checked
regularly.
•Provinces must support ensure that teachers understand the “NON
NEGOTIABLES” - MUST-DO ASPECTS OF THEIR WORK
(a) Lesson preparation and teaching and assessment
(b) Marking learners work and provide feedback on time
(c) Identification of struggling learners and provide additional support
•Provinces must assist School Managers to improve their supervision of
curriculum coverage (a missing skill in schools).
•Provinces must train school principals to conduct quarterly accountability
sessions (informed by quarterly tests) to establish strengths and
weaknesses weakness for attention.
•TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT IS KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE
CLASS OF 2023.
Content & Methodology Training
•Provinces must be in possession of the National and Provincial
National Senior Certificate subject diagnostic reports.
•Weaknesses identified in diagnostic reports must inform the
design of quarterly content and methodology training sessions
for teachers.
•Quarterly content and methodology training must be a
collaborative effort between Curriculum Delivery and
Curriculum Development sections.
•Teachers must be assisted to unpack the recommendations
made by the Markers and Moderators during the 2022
National Senior Certificate marking.
•The final training on content and methodology must be in
August and be based on the provincial revision programme and
the elements of the “LAST PUSH” for the class of 2023.
Content & Methodology (Cont…..)
•Teachers must also be trained on HOW TO GUIDE LEARNERS
FOR REVISION OF THEIR WORK especially in subjects which are
more challenging.
•LET US EMBARK ON OUTCOMES BASED REVISION FOR THE
2023 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS.
Take advantage of available resources
•South Africa has a wealth of support material for teachers and
learners in most of the grade.
•These materials are useful during teaching and learning, during
Learning continuity
Catch up
Exam preparation
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Exam
Timetable
Exam
Countdown
Managing
Exam Stress
A series of Radio
Shows providing
Parent Support & Tips
for Learners being
hosted on several
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Stations
Maximum target & Minimum Targets
•The minimum target has been calculated using the matric pass
percentages from 2014 to 2022.
•The reason for starting from 2014 is that the first Curriculum and
Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) based matric examination was written
in 2014.
•The years before 2014 were avoided because the matric examination was
not CAPS aligned.
•For overall pass rate, bachelor pass rate and distinction rate the
Department of Basic Education has a maximum target of 100%.
•The Department of Basic Education understands that there can be factors
which can hinder the attainment of the maximum targets of 100%.
•A minimum pass rate of 85% is the least that the Department of Basic
Education can obtain in 2023 [85% - 100%%].
•A minimum bachelor pass rate of 43% is the least that the Department of
Basic Education can obtain in 2023 [43% - 100%%].
•A minimum distinction rate of 34,4% is the least that the Department of
Basic Education can obtain in 2023 [35% - 100%%].
WHAT ARE NATIONAL NEW SUPPORT
STRATEGIES IN 2023?
Possible contribution of new strategies is estimated at
1%.
• Qualitative and quantitate profile of the class of
2023.
• Analysis of learner performance which is based
on raw marks.
• The examination skills support document which
• Analysis of quarterly results into Pass%, Pass
@40%+, Pass @ 50%+ and Distinctions (Inclusive
Basket)
Pass % minimum and maximum target
PASS PERCENTAGE MINIMUM TARGET
YEARS 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
PASS% 75,5 70,7 72,5 75,1 78,2 81,3 76,2 76,4 80,1
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Conclusion
•The definition of insanity is “Doing the same thing
over and over and expect different results.
•The class of 2022 performed very well in the National
Senior Certificate examinations but we must do what
was done in 2022 and add new strategies so that we
get a different result.
•The theme “FOCUS ON THE CLASS OF 2023” must be
a buzz word in all the 9 provinces and their districts.
•The class of 2023 has demonstrated their willingness
to learn as they kicked the blanket and rushed to
camps and holiday classes in winter.
•The time left before the commencement of the 2023
NSC examinations must be used profitably.