Many former Model C schools are forging ahead with plans to offer full-scale exams to grade 10 and 11 pupils, despite an instruction by the department of basic education (DBE) to offer “controlled” tests instead.
Hennie Pieterse, principal of Hoërskool Rustenburg in North West, confirmed that pupils from grades 8 to 11 will be writing exams because “you can’t do the minimum requirements” by just having controlled tests.
He said the department’s move to increase the weighting of the SBA mark to 60% from the previous 25% meant pupils would pass “with flying colours” because their parents assisted them with projects and assignments.
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