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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION 2016 NSC EXAMINATION 14 February 2017. A SYSTEM ON THE RISE. TIMSS 2015. 2. Introduction. 3. PRINCIPLES. PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING EDUCATION PERFORMANCE: Access Redress Equity Efficiency Quality. 4. SKILLS.
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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION 2016 NSC EXAMINATION 14 February 2017
A SYSTEM ON THE RISE TIMSS 2015 2
PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING EDUCATION PERFORMANCE: • Access • Redress • Equity • Efficiency • Quality 4
SKILLS SKILLS TO BE REFLECTED BY THE 21st CENTURY LEARNER: • Critical Thinking • Problem Solving • Creativity and Innovation • Teamwork • Social Justice and Human Rights 5
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG4) Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 6
National Development Plan • Improving the quality of Basic Education has been articulated in the National Development Plan (NDP), Vision 2030,Our future – Make it work. • The Education Sector has aligned its medium-term and annual performance plans towards improving: • the nutrition of learners, • building more safe schools/improving school infrastructure in rural areas, • ensuring every child in “no-fee” schools has access to workbooks, • improving the competency and capacity of school principals to be effective leaders and • building more teacher development centres to support the improvement in teacher content knowledge and pedagogical practice. 7
Action Plan 2019 In terms of Action Plan to 2019: Towards the realisation of Schooling 2030, the output goals focussing on minimum quality standards in the Further Education and Training Band include: • Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who become eligible for a Bachelors programme at University’; • Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass Mathematics; and • Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass Physical Science 8
NSC Examination • National Senior Certificate examination results is one of the most important barometers to evaluate the success of the sector. • Progress in the sector has noted in the recent cycles of international and regional assessment programmes. • TIMSS (2015) has confirmed that South Africa has shown the largest improvement since 2003 – 87 points in Maths and 90 points in Science 9
Profile: Class of 2016 • Ninth (9th) cohort of learners to sit for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) and third (3rd) cohort to write CAPS aligned NSC Examinations. • The 2016 cohort has benefited from maturity of the system garnered over the last seven years. • Learners entered the formal schooling system in January 2005, just after an important curriculum revision was implemented. • Internal Efficiency of the School System Report (2013) indicates that already in 2002, 40% of five-year-olds were enrolled at an educational institution. • Given the Age Admission Policy, the majority of these five-year-olds could have been enrolled in the reception year (Grade R). 11
Candidates who wrote 7 or more for the 2015 & 2016 NSC Examinations 15
Candidates who wrote 7 or more, - 2015 & 2016 NSC Examinations 16
Overall Performance – 2015 & 2016 (Progressed Learners Included) 23
Schools performance within different percentage categories, 2015 - 2016 38
Schools performance within different percentage categories, 2015 - 2016 39
Candidates’ performance in selected subjects, 2011 – 2016 (at 30% level) 44
Candidates’ performance in selected subjects, 2011 – 2016 (at 40% level) 45
Physical Sciences achieved at 30% & 40% level, 2010 - 2016 47
Candidates Performance in Home Languages (at 40% & above) 2014 - 2016 48
Number and percentage of distinctions in the 12 Key Subjects: 2015 and 2016 49