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The National Curriculum Statement (NCS) is the broader framework that defines South Africa’s national education goals. It outlines the principles, aims, and outcomes that underpin all schooling from Grades R to 12.
The NCS is founded on the vision of creating a knowledgeable, democratic, and socially responsible society.
It is implemented through three key components:
The Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) – which sets out the content to be taught and the skills to be developed in each subject and grade.
- The National Protocol for Assessment (NPA) – which outlines the standards and procedures for assessing learner achievement.
- The National Policy Pertaining to the Programme and Promotion Requirements (NPPPR) – which specifies the criteria for learner promotion and progression from one grade to the next.
- What we offer
- Grade R
- Foundation Phase
- Intermediate Phase
- Senior Phase
- Technical Vocational Subjects
- Packages per grade
- Assessments
- Project Based Learning
CAPS
Educational reform and curriculum development in South Africa is the result of a complex and evolving history that spans well over a century, with significant transformation taking place particularly between 1994 and 2014.
Democratic transition in 1994 marked the beginning of extensive reforms. The introduction of the South African Schools Act (1996) laid the foundation for a unified, inclusive, and outcomes-based education system.
Curriculum 2005 (OBE) of 1998 was reconstructed into a revised National Curriculum Statement (NCS) in 2002. This National Curriculum Statement was cas revised in 2009 and the amended National Curriculum Statement was called CAPS.
CAPS (Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements) is a single, comprehensive and concise policy document for each subject listed in the National Curriculum Statement for Grades R-12. CAPS informs teachers what to teach, when to teach and what to assess on a grade-by-grade and subject-by-subject basis. CAPS stipulates the aims, scope, content and assessment for each subject from Grades R-12.
The National Curriculum Statement Grades R-12 (2012) emphasises knowledge, skills and values taught in South African schools. The curriculum aims to provide learners that are able to:
- Use critical thinking and creative thinking to identify and solve problems.
- Collect, analyse, organise and critcally evaluate information.
- Use science and technology effectively and critically showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others
- Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related system recognising that problem solving contexts do not exist in isolation