National Senior Certificate Examinations 2010-2016
South Africa, 2010 - 2016
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Reference ID
zaf-dbe-nsce-2010-2016-v1.2
Producer(s)
Department of Basic Education
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Created on
Feb 07, 2018
Last modified
Aug 08, 2020
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Identification
Survey ID Number
zaf-dbe-nsce-2010-2016-v1.2
Title
National Senior Certificate Examinations 2010-2016
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | zaf |
Study type
Administrative Records [ad]
Abstract
The National Senior Certificate or NSC is the main school-leaving certificate in South Africa. This certificate is commonly known as the matriculation (matric) certificate, and is obtained after grade 12. The NSC, previously known as the Further Education and Training Certificate or FETC, replaced the Senior Certificate with effect from 2008 and was phased in starting with grade 10 in 2006. The South African Department of Basic Education provided this data for research use.
Kind of Data
Administrative records
Unit of Analysis
Institutions
Version
Version Description
v1.2 Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution
Version Date
2017-02-06
Version Notes
Version 1 of this dataset was provided by the Department of Basic Education in December 2014.
Version 1.1 is this dataset cleaned and checked and converted to Stata. All of the datafiles are of version 1.1 here to reflect the processing done by DataFirst.
Version 1.2 introduces years 2014-2016 to the dataset. Datafiles detailing the overall pass rate (by exam centre and gender) are also included for the first time. These datafiles were also included for years 2010-2013 (they were omitted in previous versions). All individual datasets remained versioned as 1.1 (only substantively different insofar as they were processed by DataFirst). The overall dataset is versioned as 1.2.
Version 1.1 is this dataset cleaned and checked and converted to Stata. All of the datafiles are of version 1.1 here to reflect the processing done by DataFirst.
Version 1.2 introduces years 2014-2016 to the dataset. Datafiles detailing the overall pass rate (by exam centre and gender) are also included for the first time. These datafiles were also included for years 2010-2013 (they were omitted in previous versions). All individual datasets remained versioned as 1.1 (only substantively different insofar as they were processed by DataFirst). The overall dataset is versioned as 1.2.
Scope
Notes
The dataset provides data on type of school and examination centre, subjects, and grades obtained, as well as the learners' gender.
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Secondary Education | World Bank |
| Girls’ Education | World Bank |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The data has national coverage
Geographic Unit
The lowest geographical unit is district
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Department of Basic Education | Government of South Africa |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 2016-11 |
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | www.support.data1st.org |
Access conditions
Licensed use files, available for non-commercial use only
Citation requirements
Department of Basic Education South Africa. National Senior Certification Examination 2010-2016 [dataset]. Version 1.2. Pretoria: DBE [producer], 2016. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/pcn8-pc32
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | www.support.data1st.org |
Metadata production
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
Date of Metadata Production
2020-08-08
DDI Document version
Version 6