Changes have been made to the 2016 Grade 12 National Examination dates, reveals the acting secretary for education, Dr Uke Kombra.
“The changes were made because principals of some schools have not complied with the standard procedures used to guide students to select subject combinations,” Dr Kombra said in a statement.
“This situation has forced the Department to revise this year’s Grade 12 National Examination timetable to be conducted for two weeks when it should have taken only one week.”
The secretary’s circular instruction has been issued on 7/9/16 to advise the schools and provincial authorities about the recent changes so that they can familiarise themselves before the scheduled examination is conducted on October 17 to October 26.
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Day/Date |
Examination Paper |
Time |
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Monday 17/10/16 |
Advance Mathematics 1 and General Mathematics 1 |
8am – 10.30am |
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Tuesday 18/10/16 |
Physics |
8am – 10.30am |
|
History |
11am – 1.30pm |
|
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Wednesday19/10/16 |
Chemistry |
8am – 10.30am |
|
Economics |
11am -1.30pm |
|
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Thursday 20/10/16 |
Language & Literature 1 and Applied English |
8am – 10:30am
|
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Geography |
11am – 1.30pm |
|
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Friday 21/10/16 |
Advance Mathematics 2 and General Mathematics 2 |
8am- 10.30am |
|
Information Communication Technology |
11am – 1.30pm |
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Monday 24/10/16 |
Applied Science |
8am – 10.30am |
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Accounting |
11am – 1.30pm |
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Tuesday 25/10/16 |
Biology |
8am – 10.30am |
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Legal Services |
11am – 1.30pm |
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Wednesday 26/10/16 |
Business Studies |
8am – 10.30am |
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Geology |
11am – 1.30pm |
Dr. Kombra instructs that all examinations be administered on the time and dates as published and not based on Measurement Service’s calendar 2016, as the new changes supersede the initial timings already printed on the Examination Booklets. This especially concerns History, Economics, Applied Science, Accounting, Biology, Legal Studies, Business Studies and Geology.
“Any time other than the timings given will nullify the Examination and the Examination Marks will not be used for moderation of the final results,” reads the statement.