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National Circulars
Circulars: 2024
Circular E5 of 2024 Amendment to the 2024 Oct-Nov NSC Examination Timetable
Circular S15 of 2024
Circular S16 of 2024
Circulars: 2023
S8 of 2023: Release of revised subject weightings relating to programme of assessment for FET band
Annexure to Circular S8 of 2023
Circular D3 of 2023: Identification, management and support of underperforming schools
Circular E6 of 2023: National Senior Certificate (NSC) 2023 October/November Examination timetable
Circular S13 of 2023: Extension of the pilot for vocationally oriented subjects in schools
Circular S25 of 2023: Request to submit the DBE 2025 Workbook Data
Circular S27 of 2023: Amendments to the 2023 School Calendar
Circulars: 2022
ANNEXURE A Circular S33 of 2022
S31 of 2022: Request for data to inform printing and delivery of workbooks for 2024
Circular No. S1 of 2022: Measures for the resumption of full time daily school attendance
Circular S1 of 2022: Scaling up of DBE's Entrepreneurship, Employability and Education for 2022
Circulars: 2021
Circular S17 of 2021: Retraction of Circular S16 of 2021
Circular E12 of 2021: Timetable for the November 2021 NSC Examinations
Circular S12 of 2021 - Clarification of Grade 11 and 12 Learner Support Programmes
Circular No. 3 of 2021: Temporary suspension of contact sports in schools
Circular S13 of 2021: Repeal of additional reading and planning time for IT NSC examination
Circular S10 Annexure A - Errata SBA Weightings 2021
Circular S10 of 2021 - Erratum to the revised subject weightings for the FET phase
Circular S8 of 2021: Release of revised subject weightings for FET phase
Circular S6 of 2021: Support to schools during implementation of occupational subjects
S4 of 2021: Implementation of abridged version of CAPS Section Four amendments in Grade 12
S3 of 2021: Repeal of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences as proviso for offering Sport and Exercise
Circular S3 of 2021: COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in the basic education sector
Circulars: 2020
Circular E31: Allowing Candidates that are Covid positive to write combined 2020 NSC examinations
Circular E34: Protocol for marking of examinations in compliance with COVID-19 requirements
Circular S10 of 2020: Guidance regarding implementation of occupational curriculum in schools
Circular S13 of 2020: Release of curriculum recovery Annual Teaching Plans for 2021
Circular S6 of 2020: Revised dates for submission of utilisation reports for Grade R-9 Workbooks
Circular S7 of 2020: Revised promotion requirements for Grades 10, 11 for 2020 academic year
Circular E15 of 2020: Combined June and November Examinations Timetable
Circular S5 of 2020: Guidelines for the assessment of oral communication in the NSC examinations
Circular S3 of 2020: Distribution of teacher guidelines
Circular S2 of 2020: Revised ATPs for Grades 7 and 12
Circular No 3 of 2020: Containment/management of COVID-19 for schools and school communities
Circular No 1 of 2020: Containment/management of COVID-19 for schools and school communities
Circulars: 2019
E29 of 2019: Discontinuation of Multiple Exam Opportunity(MEO) dispensation
E28 of 2019: Rewrite of LO Common Assessment Task for Grade 12 NSC Exams
E27 of 2019: Procedures and guidelines on CAT and IT practical exams
E22 of 2019: Amendment to Grade 12 NSC Exams timetable - SASL
E20 of 2019: Special dispensation to allow June 2019 SC candidates to rewrite in November 2019 exams
E21 of 2019: Preparation for SASL Home Language November exams
S3 of 2019: Grade 11 Accounting and Business Studies Examination Guidelines
M2 of 2019: Investigationa into misconduct of registered auditors and accounting officers in schools
M1 of 2019: Legal opinion on applicability of the PFMA in schools
E2 of 2019: Extension of the registration date for the June 2019 Examinations
E1 of 2019: Timetable for 2019 June NSC and SC(a) examinations
Circulars: 2018
Circular S10 of 2018: Erratum regarding Pass Requirement for the offering of SASL
Circular S8 of 2018: Revocation of designated list of subjects for the National Senior Certificate
Circular M1 of 2018: Legal interpretation for Section 43(2) of SASA
Circular M2 of 2018: Legal interpretation for Section 27 of SASA regarding "necessary expenses"
Circular S4 of 2018: Free online course for educators in ECD and Foundation Phase
Circular S5: Submission of reports on utilisation of Workbooks for the 2018 academic year
Circular S6 of 2018: Delivery of Grades R-9 workbooks for the 2019 school year
Circular S1 of 2018: Incremental introduction of technical occupational subjects
Circular PDOU 01 of 2018: Short Summer School Holidays for 2018
Circular S2 of 2018: State of readiness for the literature setworks for SASL Grades 10-12
Circular S3 OF 2018: Clarification on implementation of the Repeal of the accounting proviso
Circulars: 2017
Circular E31 of 2017: Supplementary, SC, NSC Examination timetables for 2018
Circular E32 of 2017: Prescribed Literature for May June 2018 Senior Certifcate Exams
Circular S13 of 2017: Repeal of proviso restricting Accounting to learners offering Mathematics only
Circular S14 of 2017: Prescribed literature texts for study in Grade 12 for all officials languages
Circular S12 of 2017: Splitting of Accounting exam paper into two and provision of formula sheets
Circular S11 of 2017: Splitting of Business Studies exam paper into two
Circular M4 of 2017: Measures to strengthen compliance relating to diclosure of interest
Circular M5 of 2017: Clarity on paragraph 1 of Circualr M1
Circular S7 of 2017: Concessions to learners following the technical pathway
Circular S9 of 2017: The development of French CAPS at SAL level
Circular M2 of 2017: Measures to strengthen and improved personnel administration of educators
Circular M3 of 2017: Measures to strengthen compliance to section 42 and 43 of SASA
Circular S6 of 2017: Delivery of Grade R-9 Workbooks for 2018 school year
Circular M1 of 2017: Measures to improve management of school finances
Circular S4 of 2017: FET Languages - Erratum to the use of oral marks for the SBA and examinations
Circular S3 of 2017: Errata of Afrikaans HL and Afrikaans FAL Grade 12 Poetry Anthologies
Circular S2 of 2017: Submission of reports on the utilisation of Grade R-9 Workbooks for 2017
Circular S1 of 2017: Guidelines to strengthen Section 4 of the CAPS, Grades R-11
Circulars: 2016
Assessment Circular No. 3 of 2016: Special condonation dispensation for learners in Senior Phase
Circular E39 of 2016: Implementation of Grade 12 NSC literature setworks for 2017 examinations
Circular S4 of 2016: Implementation of Grade 12 literature in 2017 as planned
Circular S5 of 2016: Reduction of workbook titles for the 2018 academic year and beyond
Circular S6 of 2016: Interim guidelines for implementation of technology and technical subjects
Circular S8 of 2016: Verification, confirmation and signing off for delivery of 2018 Workbooks
E22 of 2016: Criteria for the implementation of progression in Grades 10 - 12
E9 of 2016: Final gazetted policy on the Senior Certificate
S1 of 2016: Clarification on implementation dates following Circular S15 of 2015
S2 of 2016: Delivery of Grade R-9 Workbooks for the 2017 school year
Circulars: 2015
Assessment Circular No. 3 of 2015: Mark adjustments for the Senior Phase (Grades 7-9)
Circular S14 of 2015
E12 of 2015
S1 of 2015
S10 of 2015
S11 of 2015
S12 of 2015
S13 of 2015
S15 of 2015
S17 of 2015
S18 of 2015
S19 of 2015
S2 of 2015
S3 of 2015
S4 of 2015
S5 of 2015
S6 of 2015
S7 of 2015
S8 of 2015
S9 of 2015
Circulars: 2014
Circular E27 of 2014: Literature setworks for the Amended Senior Certificate
Circular E5 of 2014
Circular S13 of 2013: Mandatory offering of Mathematics as a choice subject in all secondary schools
Circular S14 of 2014
Circular S2 of 2014: Delivery of Grade 1 FAL workbooks for IIAL
Circular S4 of 2014: Delivery of surplus workbooks from previous years
Circular S5 of 2014
Circular S6 of 2014
Examination Circular No. 17 of 2014: Implementation of the Amended Senior Certificate
Circulars: 2013
Circular S15 of 2013: Withdrawal of Circular S9 of 2013
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