ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS: 2026

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Memo Advertisement of posts for Marking Centre Managers and Irregularity Investigators for December 2026 to June 2027 NSC and SC Marking Sessions
26/2026
Application as Provincial Moderators for School-Based Assessment SASHL, Practical Assessment Tasks (PATs) and Languages Orals
Memo Phasing out approach of manual receipting of examination certificates, remarking and combination of results
Memo Revised Tariffs for Certification and Examination Fees
25/2026
Grade 12 NSC Final Provincial June Common Examination Timetable
24/2026 Distribution of November 2025 NSC Certificates and return of November 2024 NSC Certificates
23/2026 Grade 12 Multilingual Preparatory Examinations (isiXhosa and seSotho) versioning of selected question Papers for 2026
22/2026 NSC Examiners Reports for non-official languages, Equine Studies, Maritime Economics, Nautical Sciences and Sport and Exercise Sciences
Non-official Languages
Equine Studies
Maritime Economics
Nautical Sciences
Sport and Exercise Sciences
21/2026 2026 Advertisement of Temporary Posts of Examination Assistants (EAs) for the ...
►Nov/Dec 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Re-Markings
►Capturing Centres
►Head Office Examinations Depot
►2027 May/June National Senior Certificate (NSC) & Senior Certificate (SC)
20/2026 Application for appointment of invigilators for a contract of two years, commencing from the administration of the 2026 Grade 12 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination and the Senior Certificate (SC) examination which is administered in June
19/2026 Grade 12 2026 October/November Examination Timetable and Release of the Results of the 2026 October/November Examination
18/2026 Grade 12 DBE NSC/SC - May/June 2026 Examination Timetable
17/2026 NSC Examinations: Application for appointment as a Marker: December 2026 & June 2027
16/2026 Change of subjects in Grades 10 and 11
15/2026 List of schools that will participate in the second phase implementation of the General Education Certificate (GEC) Assessment model in 2026
List of schools
14/2026

Grade 12 Diagnostic Reports on Learner Performance: 2025 NSC Examinations
Book 1: Content Subjects
Book 2: Languages
Book 3: Technical Subjects

13/2026 2026 Grade 12 Draft June Provincial Common Examination Timetable
12/2026 Examinations and Assessment Accommodations and Concessions Applications: 2026
11/2026 Quality Assurance of School-Based Assessment (SBA), Practical Assessment Tasks (PATs) and Oral Assessment for the NSC Grade 12 - 2026
10/2026 2026 November Grade 12 NSC Registration of Learners
9/2026 Examination Guidelines (NSC) for 2026: Extension of the shelf life of the 2021 Examination Guidelines to 2026. These Guidelines are available at https://www.ecexams.co.za/Exam_Guidelines.htm
8/2026

2026 Practical Assessment Tasks: National Senior Certificate

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7/2026 2025 Chief Markers Reports: 2025 Grade 12 NSC Examinations (Memo)
6/2026 Subject Changes: Grade 12 Repeaters and Transferred Learners
5/2026 Subject Choices Grades 10 - 12
4/2026 Declaration of Relatives and signing of Confidentiality: 2026
3/2026 Registration of learners: 2026 Senior Certificate (SC) and the National Senior Certificate (NSC) May/June Examinations
2/2026 Re-marking of Examination Scripts: 2025 December NSC Examinations
1/2026 Procedural Administration of Assessment Instructions