NEWSLETTER 17 of 2025
This SACAI Newsletter addresses the question paper leakage of Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal, Vraestel 2, by allowing institutions to choose not to rewrite the paper on September 19, 2025, only if they can provide objective proof that their candidates were not involved, and announces amendments to the examination protocol for November 2025 examinations.
URGENT NOTICE TO INSTITUTIONS
SACAI is issuing a final notice to all institutions, parents, and candidates that no further changes or registrations can be accommodated as of September 12, 2025, because all arrangements for the printing of question papers, answer scripts, and logistics have been finalized.
OUTSTANDING ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS FOR GRADE 12
This urgent letter from SACAI formally informs a Grade 12 candidate and their parent/guardian that specified School-Based Assessment (SBA), Practical Assessment Task (PAT), and Oral components are outstanding and must be submitted to the institution by September 1, 2025, or the candidate will be deregistered from the subject(s) and disallowed from writing the final examination, requiring them to redo the subject in 2026 without a fee refund.
NEWSLETTER 16 of 2025
This SACAI Newsletter details the compulsory examination writing conditions for the upcoming preliminary examinations, including physical invigilation for certain centres or the use of the Invigilator App for online examinations, and outlines the proposed guidelines and process for selecting prescribed literary works for the 2027 curriculum.
NEWSLETTER 15 of 2025
This SACAI Newsletter announces a 2.95% fee increase for 2026 and provides crucial information regarding the final preparations for the NSC 2025 examination, including the finalization of registrations and examination centres, urgent accommodation details, admission letters, SBA submission deadlines, and details about the Grade 12 Preliminary Examinations and a survey for the 2027 prescribed literature list.1
ABET NEWSLETTER 01 of 2025
This ABET Newsletter informs ABET centres and clients about new SACAI support structures, the mandatory use of the new 2025/2027 SBA tasks, the due date of October 24, 2025, for SBA submissions for the November cycle, the registration deadline of September 15, 2025, and a reminder of critical examination irregularities to avoid.
NEWSLETTER 14 OF 2025
This SACAI Newsletter provides further Term 3 information regarding the finalisation of Grade 12 examination registrations and the distribution of Entry Schedules, the allocation of examination centres including for accommodations, updates on NSC 2024 Umalusi certification issues such as outstanding marks (MOs), deadlines for Invoice 3 and the final accommodation invoices, and processes for the Grade 12 Preliminary and Grade 10 and 11 November Common examinations.
NEWSLETTER 13 OF 2025
This SACAI Newsletter outlines important information for Term 3, including the release date for the 2025 May/June NSC results, deadlines for re-marking and viewing answer scripts, a reminder about the payment due date for Invoice 3 and the schedule for the final two invoices for accommodations, detailed information and deadlines for Grade 12 and Grade 10/11 accommodations and a new application process for accommodations starting in 2026, and updates on the monitoring of mid-year exams and SBA marks.
NEWSLETTER 12 OF 2025
This SACAI Newsletter addresses numerous enquiries from parents regarding the national policy on required teaching time for the Further Education and Training (FET) phase (Grades 10, 11, and 12).
NEWSLETTER 11 OF 2025
This SACAI Newsletter outlines the policy regarding the changing of subjects for learners in Grades 10, 11, and 12, based on the national policy.