Cabinet has approved the removal of scaling of marks for the Fiji Year 12 and Fiji Year 13 Certificate Examinations, effective from this year.
Cabinet based its decision on a submission by the Minister for Education Dr Mahendra Reddy.
The scaling system was introduced in 1979 for the Fiji Seventh Form Certificate Examination and in 1989 for Fiji School Leaving Certificate Examinations as a principled method of addressing subject equivalence.
Dr Reddy said that despite the good rationales for scaling, scaling conceals the raw marks and does not reflect students’ true achievement.
He said with the removal of scaling from external examinations, the syllabi from Years 1-13 will be revised and standardized with specific learning outcomes and the internal assessment components will be strengthened in all subjects and moderated internally in schools with strong emphasis on teaching and revision.
Dr Reddy said that the Year 10 National Examination shall be reintroduced and externally prepared final examinations for each subject for Years 6-9 and Year 11 introduced.
He said that the Ministry will provide detailed solutions and marking guide for each of the subject examinations.
