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Students disadvantaged over UCT online / SACAI dispute over SBA marks ?
There appears to have been some kind of dispute between SACAI and UCT online school over the latter's SBA (school based assessment) tasks.
"According to Klopper, many institutions bring candidates under the wrong impression about their abilities by giving School-based Assessments (SBA) marks that do not reflect their real capabilities."
Could Mr Klopper please advise whether UCT online is one such institution and whether or not the SBA marks submitted by UCT online were ignored by SACAI. If a learner achieved an SBA mark of over 80%, then the contribution towards the candidate's final mark would be 20%. But (specifically) one learner mentioned in the IOL article (from which Mr Klopper is quoted above) achieved marks of 25% and 36% in her physical science and Maths exams respectively. That would mean she achieved 5% and 16% respectively in her final SACAI administered exams if her SBA marks were taken into account.
Mr Klopper must please state unequivocally that UCT online's SBA marks were discarded or he must please confirm that the learner referred to in the IOL article did indeed achieve 5% and 16% respectively in her final exams. There is no "wriggle room" for alternatives.
If leaners are being disadvantaged by some kind of dispute between SACAI and UCT online over SBA marks, that is utterly reprehensible and I would call upon the relevant authorities (UMALUSI ?) to conduct a comprehensive investigation into both the SBA marks and the final marks achieved by UCT online students.
