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Equivalent to a high C in the old grading system. This is generally considered to be the preferred minimum grade to enter Level 3 courses. 4: Equivalent to a low C in the old grading system. This is generally considered the absolute minimum grade to enter Level 3 courses. 3: D: The English 3 is equivalent to a D to a high E in the old grading ...
Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as numbers out of a possible total (often out of 100).
In South Africa, the grading system used in secondary schools until 2008 (when the education minister implemented Outcomes Based Education or OBE curriculum) was as follows:
Level 2, approaching government standards (C; 60–69 percent) Level 1, well below government standards (D; 50–59 percent) The grading standards for A− letter grades changed in September 2010 to coincide with a new academic year. The new changes require a higher percentage grade by two or five points to obtain an A or A+ respectively.
The A* grade was introduced in 2010. Previously an intermediate N (Nearly passed) grade was awarded for papers below grade E by a very small margin (not used since 2008). Advanced Subsidiary Levels (AS-Levels), considered to be worth 40% of an A-Level (50% of an A-Level before 2017), are graded on a similar scale, but do not have an A* grade.
Grade Percentage H2 Rank Point H1 Rank Point Remarks A 70-100 20 10 Distinction may be given for top scoring students. B 60-69 17.5 8.75 C 55-59 15 7.5 D 50-54 12.5 6.25 E 45-49 10 5 Minimum passing grade at consideration. O/S 35-44 5 2.5 Conditional Pass (denotes standard is at AO level only) U 0-34 0
For example, "−5" denotes a grade slightly lower than "excellent", while "+4" denotes a grade slightly higher than "very good". Half-grades such as "4/5" are also used. However, these modifiers are unofficial and do not appear in final grade reports. In universities, a six-level grading scale is used: 10 – excellent (best possible grade)
Secondary school grades are delivered in percentages, with pass at 50% (sometimes 60%, i.e. for French language courses). While most secondary schools have suppressed honours and ranking of pupils, some still use them, like the Athénée Robert Catteau in Brussels, which uses a roughly equivalent system to universities, at the end of each year: