New national exams for Grade 3, 6 and 9
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 6 Apr, 2010The Sunday Times (4 April 2010) reported that three million learners in public schools will have to write national exams in key subjects in an attempt to improve literacy and numeracy skills.
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All pupils in grades 3 and 6 will write tests in numeracy and literacy that will be externally set and independently moderated in November this year, while Grade 9s will be tested in maths, English and Afrikaans.
The new National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) will be responsible for the administration of the tests.
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... her department would ensure that teachers spent enough time on reading lessons.
Her department was working with non-governmental organisations such as Read and Molteno to help re-skill teachers on methods of teaching reading and writing.