I, Angelina Matsie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, with the concurrence of the Council of Education Ministers and in terms of Sections 3(4)(1) and 7 of the National Education Policy Act, 1996 (Act No. 27 of 1996) and together with section 6(A) of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act. No.
Board of Royal Schools of Music, Trinity College of London and UNISA will be incrementally phased out of during the period 2012-2014 as set out in Schedule 1.
Certificate programme will be under restricted conditions as set out in Schedule 2.
SCHEDULE 1 1.
National Senior Certificate: A Qualification at Level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), Government Gazette No.
National Policy on the Conduct, Administration and Management of the National Senior Certificate, a Qualification at Level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), Government Gazette, No.
Regulations pertaining to the Conduct, Administration and Management of Assessment for the National Senior Certificate, Government Gazette No. 31337 of 29 August 2008.
The external Music programmes may only be offered as an eighth National Senior Certificate subject.
A learner may only enrol for the selected external Music programme in his or her Grade 12-year.
The submission of the final examination marks obtained by the candidates must be determined by the three external Music examination bodies.
The external Music examination bodies' final results based on the theory and practical components will be accepted as the final mark obtained by the candidate.
The practical component must be played by the candidate not later than June of the Grade-12 year.
The theory must be completed by the candidate, not earlier than October of the Grade 11-year.
The marks supplied by the three external Music examination bodies will be indicated on the National Senior Certificate as a subject passed by an approved and accredited assessment body in terms of the requirements as determined by that body. The actual mark obtained by the candidate will be reflected on the National Senior Certificate with an asterisk denoting that this subject was offered by an external assessment body in terms of that body's requirements.
A learner will be restricted to a maximum of one of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, or Trinity College of London, or the UNISA Practical Music Examinations.
A learner who offers Music as a Group B subject for the National Senior Certificate and one of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, or Trinity College of London, or the UN ISA Practical Music Examination, Grade 7, as an eighth subject, may not offer the same main instrument as a first and second instrument.
A learner who offers one of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, or Trinity College of London, or the UNISA Practical Music Examination, Grade 7 as an eighth subject may not offer a Music programme, comprising a combination of components of the Music programmes of the three External Music Examination Bodies.
The Music programmes of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, or Trinity College of London, or UI\IISA may not be offered during official school hours, but only as an extra-curricular subject.
Trinity College of London, or the UNISA Practical Music Examination, Grade 7 as an eighth subject may not replace a failed subject offered by the learner in terms of the seven-subject package of the National Senior Certificate.