What is a Grade?
Grading in education is the process of applying standardized measurements for varying levels of achievement in a course.
Grades can be assigned as letters, as a range, as a percentage, or as a number out of a possible total. In some countries, grades are averaged to create a grade point average.
How Many Times Can You Repeat A Grade In South Africa?
Government policy states that a learner may repeat no more than once per school phase There are four, three-year school phases, so a learner can repeat up to four times in her school career.
How many times can you fail the same grade in South Africa?
Currently, the policy is that a child can only repeat once in each of the four education cycles:
the Foundation Phase (grades 1 to 3), the Intermediate Phase (grades 4 to 7), the Senior Phase (grades 8 to 9), and the Further Education and Training Phase (grades 10 to 12).
What happens if you fail a grade twice in South Africa?
If you are already in the schooling system you can finish school after you are 21 years old.
For example: If you have failed Grades 9, 10, and 11 twice throughout your High School years. You are still part of the schooling system, but you will complete Matric at the age of 22.
Can you repeat grade 10 twice in South Africa?
As policy now stands, a pupil may “only be retained once in the [grades 10, 11 and 12] phase in order to prevent the learner being retained in this phase for longer than four years”.
How much do you need to pass maths in South Africa?
“A decision was taken that the group of learners who fail mathematics must not have less than 20% minimum pass mark to be given an opportunity to do mathematics literacy,” said Schreuder. The current pass mark for maths is 40%.