General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 58 of 2001)Chapter 2 : Establishment and Functions of Council18. Functions of assessment body with regard to external assessment |
| 1) | In respect of an external assessment and subject to policy determined by the Minister in terms of this Act, an assessment body- |
| a) | must take adequate measures to combat in regularities at assessment and marking centres and must take adequate security measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the assessments; |
| b) | must ensure that assessment is representative of the prescribed subject matter; |
| c) | must ensure that assessment is moderated by at least one competent internal moderator appointed by the assessment body, |
| d) | must submit assessment material to an extend moderator for confirmation that the material conforms to the required standards; |
| e) | must ensure that a sample of the assessment scripts or other assessment is moderated by an external moderator appointed by the Council. |
| f) | must schedule a particular assessment session for a stipulated date and time on the assessment time-table; |
| g) | must supply the Council on or before a date, and in the form, determined by the Council with a mark or other record as, required for each assessment undertaken; |
| h) | must without delay and in writing supply the Council and the Director-General with full details of any irregularity that occurred in respect of such assessment and the steps taken to deal with the irregularity; |
| i) | must publish the results of the assessment after obtaining the approval of the Council; and |
| j) | may recommend to the Council during the standardisation process that raw marks be adjusted. |