Question No. 144
Dr JC Kloppers-Lourens (Democratic Alliance) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
What are the details of the formulas and calculations used to determine the (a) top performing schools and (b) top performing learners after each national senior certificate examination?
Reply:
a) The top performing schools are determined by each provincial Education Departments, taking note of the contextual factors of each of the school. The criteria used by the provincial Education Departments, include inter alia, the following:
* number of candidates enrolled
* number of total passes
* number of university entrance passes
* quintile ranking of the school
b) The criteria for the top performing learner are nationally determined and include the following:
* only candidates that offered two official languages, will be considered
* life orientation and mathematics paper three are excluded
The total mark for six subjects is calculated as follows:
* total of two languages (as specified above)
* total of the candidate's four best remaining subjects
* The maximum mark for all subjects must be 400.
Issued by: Department of Basic Education
11 February 2010
Source: Department of Education (http://www.education.gov.za/)
