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Chief Director : Public Examinations and Assessments

Department of Basic EducationZA

14 days ago

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Job title : Chief Director : Public Examinations and Assessments

Job Location : Gauteng,

Deadline : September 29, 2025

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REQUIREMENTS :

The applicants must be in a possession of a Bachelor’s degree (NQF Level 7) or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA;

5 Years' experience at senior managerial level; Experience in the education sector;

DUTIES :

The successful candidate will be responsible for the managing and administration of the National Examination Assessment; Managing the setting of high quality Grade 12 examination question paper; Managing and Enhancing the National Computer System for examinations and assessment in the GET and FET bands;

Managing and Improving the certification process relating to Senior Certificate and National Senior Certificate; Managing the administration of International Assessment relating to TIMSS, PIRLS, SACMEQ and TALIS; Managing the administration of the GEC pilot;

Developing and assessment regime for the introduction of mother tongue Based Bilingual Education in the GET band; Developing high quality test items for diagnostic, summative and systematic assessment in the GET bands; Promoting the integration of formative assessment in teaching and learning in both GET and FET bands;

Implementing a General Education Certificate at the end of Grade 9; Implementing a model of systemic evaluation that will provide valuable data on the performance of the system;

Conducting assessment to determine the readiness of Grade R learners to grade 1; Supporting and Coordinating the implementation of the examinations across the nine provincial education departments;

Improving the quality assurance of summative school based assessment in both the GET and FET bands; Improving the quality of marking in the Public Examinations; Providing accurate and reliable data on learner performance in the GET and FET bands.

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