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DECEMBER 2013
circulars
A quick guide to
circulars The Western Cape Education Department issued the following circulars and circular minutes during the period September and November 2013. 0041/2013
Provision of textbooks for Grades 1 to 3 and Natural Sciences and Technology textbooks for Grades 4 to 6 wced.school.za/circulars/circulars13/e41_13.html
0011/2013
Celebrating reading on International Literacy Day 2013 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcg11_13.html
0042/2013
Participation in pledge-signing ceremony related to the 2013 National Senior Certificate Examinations wced.school.za/circulars/circulars13/e42_13.html 0044/2013
Accurate EMIS information as precondition for norms and standards allocation transfer payments wced.school.za/circulars/circulars13/e44_13. html
CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT MINUTES Assessment Management 0021/2013
Risk management for the 2013 National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) Level 4 examinations wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edam21_13.html 0022/2013
Monitoring of the National Senior Certificate, Adult Basic Education and Training Level 4 and Senior Certificate Examinations from October 2013 to June 2014 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edam22_13.html 0023/2013
Report to parents on the performance of learners in the 2013 Annual National Assessments for Grades 1 – 6 and 9 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edam23_13.html 0024/2013
Common Question Paper for Grade 11 Mathematics wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edam24_13.html
Cape Teaching and Leadership Institute
0012/2013
Career Awareness Week 7 to 11 October 2013 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcg12_13.html 0013/2013
Prompt panels to assist with question techniques in languages and problem-solving techniques in Mathematics wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcg13_13.html 0014/2013
Pilot project based on Draft Policy on Incremental Introduction of African Languages in Grade 1 in 2014 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcg14_13.html
CURRICULUM (Further Education and Training) 0015/2013
Revised content on the Domestic Tourism Growth Strategy, as provided in the Tourism Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcf15_13.html 0016/2013
Revision assistance for Grades 10 and 12 in 2013 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcf16_13.html 0017/2013
Commonwealth Schools Online Initiative wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcf17_13.html 19/2013
Distribution of a DVD containing Grade 12 exemplar SBA Tasks wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcf19_13.html
5/2013
Registration Procedure for training courses, conferences and seminars offered at the Cape Teaching and Leadership Institute in 2014 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/ectli5_13.html
CURRICULUM (General Education and Training) 0010/2013
Distribution of Money in Action resource to teachers of Economic and Management Sciences for Grades 7-9 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edcg10_13.html
Examinations Administration 3/2013
Announcement of the 2013 National Senior Certificate Examination results wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edea3_13.html 0013/2013
Competency tests for appointments to mark the 2013 National Senior Certificate examination scripts wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CMminutes/edam13_13.html
INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION MINUTES Institution Development and Co-ordination 0002/2013
Announcement of an online database indicating availability of spaces for admission at WCED schools on EduInfoSearch wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ IDCminutes/eidc2_13.html
Institutional Management and Governance Planning 10/2013
Schools’ Democracy Week project – Civic and Democracy Education, and registration of learners for national and provincial elections wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ IDCminutes/eimg10_13.html 11/2013
Adaptation of means test for calculating private transport bursaries payable to needy learners in rural education districts wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ IDCminutes/eimg11_13.html 12/2013
School terms and public holidays for 2015 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ IDCminutes/eimg12_13.html 13/2013
Election of representative councils of learners for 2014 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ IDCminutes/eimg13_13.html 14/2013
Provincial Principal Forum minutes of 13 September 2013 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ IDCminutes/eimg14_13.html
CORPORATE SERVICES MINUTES Business Strategy and Stakeholder Management
R A P E C RI S I S L A U N C H E S R A P E I N F ORM AT IO N POR TA L O N MXI T The Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust has launched its Rape Information Portal on Mxit. It forms part of Mxit’s “MySafety” app. Research conducted by Rape Crisis in 2011 showed that a lack of information and a poor understanding of how the criminal justice system works prevented rape survivors from accessing justice. This portal will vastly improve the accessibility of information about rape to women, particularly in poorer and rural communities. The app, called RapeCrisis, currently available in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, distils 30 years of experience working with rape survivors into a simple yet comprehensive information package. It empowers rape survivors with the information they need to navigate the journey towards justice and recovery. This complex process has many steps including disclosure, reporting
3/2013
School Improvement Monitoring (SIM) wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CSminutes/edbs3_13.html 4/2013
School Improvement monitoring term 4 of 2013 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CSminutes/edbs4_13.html 5/2013 School Improvement plans for 2014 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CSminutes/edbs5_13.html
to police, a forensic examination and medical treatment, police investigation, court proceedings and counselling. Rape Crisis director Kathleen Dey says, “Our mission is to act as a bridge between the rape survivor and the criminal justice system. Rape Crisis is committed to offering survivors information that is clear, accurate and accessible. The value of the Mxit mobile social network is that it is an inexpensive, easily accessible tool with enormous reach as it can work on nearly any phone. People in poor and rural communities might not otherwise have had access to this vital information.” Andrew Rudge, Head of Mxit Reach says, “The MySafety app was created earlier this year in response to the Anene Booysen tragedy. Including the information from Rape Crisis increases the value of this app immeasurably as a tool to inform and empower our users.” You can access the app by typing mxitapp.com/rapecrisis into a phone’s browser.
8/2013
Human Resource Management Minutes 6/2013
Issuing of 2013 vacancy list dates for institution-based public service staff wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CSminutes/ehrm6_13.html 7/2013
Part-time study bursary scheme for public service employees (2014 academic year) wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CSminutes/ehrm7_13.html
Conversion of temporary employment of Post Level 1 educators to permanent employment in terms of Section 6B of The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CSminutes/ehrm8_13.html 9/2013
Issuing of the 2014 vacancy list dates for institution-based educators wced.school.za/circulars/minutes13/ CSminutes/ehrm9_13.html