Adult Education and Training Act, 2000 (Act No. 52 of 2000)

An examining body must establish or have access to a fully-fledged Information Technology component, which takes into consideration the following:

A computer system should be used to assist with the processing of marks and should provide an easy-to-use mechanism for the capturing of marks and printing of results.

The marks obtained by candidates, as reflected on the mark Sheets, Should be captured by reliable staff. Verification of all data being captured, using the double capture method, is required.

The standardisation of marks is done by the e-g body in conjunction with SAFCERT after the capture of the marks. The distribution of raw marks on a data Set should be provided at the mark standardisation meeting. A set of graph that represents the distribution of the raw marks and the adjusted marks is also required at this meeting.

With regard to the release of results, the release date shall be decided upon by the Heads of Education Departments Committee (HEDCOM) on an annual basis. The computer system should use a uniform format when printing results taking into consideration that provinces are unique (e.g. different province names, signatures, etc.).