| CURRENT |
CHANGE |
TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION |
| A heavy administrative workload for teachers |
Reduction of recording and reporting
Reduction of the number of projects for learners
Removed the requirement of portfolio files of learner assessments
Discontinuation of the Common Tasks for Assessment (CTAs) for Grade 9 learners
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With effect from January 2010 |
| Learners are introduced to the First Additional Language in Grade 2 |
The language chosen by the learner as a Language of Learning and Teaching shall be taught as a subject at least as a First Additional Language, from Grade One (1). English will not replace the mother tongue or home language in the early grades |
This will be introduced in 2011. |
| Learners are introduced to the First Additional Language in Grade 2 |
The language chosen by the learner as a Language of Learning and Teaching shall be taught as a subject at least as a First Additional Language, from Grade One (1). English will not replace the mother tongue or home language in the early grades. |
This will be introduced in 2011. |
| In the General Education and Training Band, subjects have been called Learning areas and programmes and subjects in the Further Education and Training Band |
All learning areas and programme will be known as subjects |
This will take place from 2011 |
| In the Intermediate Phase (Grade 4-6) learners have to go eight(8) learning areas |
The number of subjects in Grade 4-6 will be reduced from eight (8) to six (6) |
These changes will be introduced in 2012, after the necessary teacher orientation and development of appropriate textbooks in 2011. |
| The place of textbooks as crucial to quality learning and teaching has been deemphasized. Teachers were encouraged to prepare their own content, lesson plans and forms of assessment |
The importance of the place textbook s in the achievement of quality learning and teaching has been re-emphasised. |
Workbooks for all learners in Grades 1-6 will be distributed in 2011. A national catalogue of learning and teaching support materials from which schools can select textbooks is being developed for |
| The National Curriculum Statement learning areas designs learning areas in terms of outcomes and assessment standards. |
The National Curriculum Statement is being repackaged so that it is more accessible to teachers.
Every subject in each grade will have a single, comprehensive and concise Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) that ought to teach and assess on a grade-by-grade and subject-by subject basis. There will be clearly delineated topics for each subject and a recommended number and type of assessments per term. |
The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) will phased in the Foundation Phase (Grades R-3) in 2011.
The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) will be phased into Grades 4-12 from 2012 |
| Assessment of learners’ performance in GET Band (Grade 1-9) has been done entirely at school level |
From 2010, there will be externally-set annual national assessments for Grade 3 and 6 learners. A pilot will be conducted this year for Grade 9 and there will be full scale implementation in 2011. |
Full scale implementation for Grades 3 and 6 this year (03-04 November 2010)
Annual National Assessment for all Grade 9 learners will be fully implemented from 2011. |
