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The Free High School Science Texts (FHSST) organization is a South African non-profit project, which creates open textbooks on scientific subjects. Textbooks are edited to follow the government's syllabus, and published under a Creative Commons license (CC BY [1]), allowing teachers and students to print them or share them digitally.
Based in South Africa, Siyavula [115] was founded in 2007 [116] and offers high school maths and science open textbooks. Initially funded through a Shuttleworth Foundation fellowship, the South African government provided 2.5 million print copies of Siyavula textbooks to South African high school students during 2012. [117]
Some home schools and private schools offer the option to complete an additional year after grade 12, sometimes known as grade 13 or "post-matric". 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 Shuttleworth Foundation's Free High School Science Texts for South Africa [164] Saudi Arabia had a comprehensive project in 2008 to digitize and improve the Math and Science text books in all K-12 grades. [165] Saudi Arabia started a project in 2011 to digitize all text books other than Math and Science. [citation needed]
In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858. [1]
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: Format: Code [x] ([Symbol]): [y]% - [z]%
Computer science textbooks (1 C, 3 P) E. Earth sciences textbooks (2 C, 1 P) Economics textbooks (8 P) Engineering textbooks (21 P) L. Linguistics textbooks (1 C, 40 ...
"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.