Category Archives: DBE – Department of Basic Education South Africa

Details of DBE – Second Chance Programme

Details of DBE – Second Chance Programme Second Chance Programme: Giving you another chance at Success! The aim of the Second Chance Matric Programme is to provide support to learners who have not been able to meet the requirements of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) or the extended Senior Certificate (SC), thereby meeting the goals of… Read More »

Details of DBE – Annual National Assessments

Details of DBE – Annual National Assessments The Annual National Assessments (ANA) are standardised national assessments for languages and mathematics in the senior phase (grades 7 – 9), intermediate phase (grades 4 – 6) and in literacy and numeracy for the foundation phase (grades 1 – 3). The question papers and marking memoranda (exemplars) aresupplied by the national Department… Read More »

Details of DBE – Early Grade Reading Study

Details of DBE – Early Grade Reading Study The Early Grade Reading Studies aim to realise the Department of Basic Education’s vision and mission by focussing on Goal 1 and 16 in the Sector Action Plan“Action Plan to 2026: Towards the realisation of Schooling 2030”: Goal 1: Increase the number of learners in Grade 3 who, by the… Read More »

Details of DBE – National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations

Details of DBE – National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations NSC Examinations The  National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations commonly referred to as “matric” has become an annual event of major public significance. It not only signifies the culmination of twelve years of formal schooling but the NSC examinations is a barometer of the health of the education… Read More »