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By mid-2007, the South African public education system had 12,3 million learners, 387.000 educators and about 26.592 schools, including 400 special-needs schools and 1.098 registered private schools. Of all schools, 6.000 were secondary schools (grades eight to 12) and the rest were primary schools (grades one to seven).
1st grade: 6 to 7 years old; 2nd grade: 7 to 8 years old; 3rd grade: 8 to 9 years old; 4th grade: 9 to 10 years old; 5th grade: 10 to 11 years old; 6th grade: 11 to 12 years old; 7th grade: 12 to 13 years old; 8th grade: 13 to 14 years old; 9th grade: 14 to 15 years old
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is a statutory body, regulated in terms of the National Qualifications Framework Act No. 67 of 2008. [2] It is made up of 29 members appointed by the Minister of Education in consultation with the Minister of Labour.
The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858. [ 1 ] In general usage, the school-leaving exams, which are government-administered, are known as the "matric exams"; by extension, students in the final year of high school ( grade 12 ) are known as "matriculants" or, more commonly ...
A young man (in bowtie) receives a scholarship at a ceremony. A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education.Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need, research experience or specific professional experience.
The OBE system, when in its experimental stages, originally used a scale from 1 - 4 (a pass being a 3 and a '1st class pass' being above 70%), but this system was considered far too coarse and replaced by a scale from 1 to 7.
"First Form" is the equivalent of Grade 8 and has boys aged 14. "Fifth Form" is the equivalent of Grade 12, also known as matric, and has boys aged 17–19. In Forms 1 and 2, Hilton College pupils follow a bespoke, semesterised curriculum that draws content and structure from the best curricular practices in South Africa and globally.
The South African governmental school system does not have a grade 13 yet, but it forms part of non-South African curriculums that are sometimes followed by private schools in South Africa. [ 16 ] The DBE's Foundation Phase includes a pre-school grade known as grade R, for "reception".