Free State Assessment Guidelines 2021

The 2021 editions of the Free State Assessment Guidelines (FSAG) are available. These FSAGs include the National Recovery ATPs. 

Teachers in the Free State should use the ATPs included in the FSAGs. A copy with explanatory notes is also available. Do not use the original Recovery ATPs that became available in December last year.

Click here to go to the download page.

Amended School Calendar for 2021

The latest, amended school calendar for 2021 was received today. Click here for the document (pdf).

These dates are also available on the Dates for Teachers page, and adjustments to weeks and their dates on the new ATPs for 2021 will be sent to teachers.

Recovery ATPs for 2021

 The Department of Basic Education released these documents middle December 2020. They are available on the Covid-19 page. Click here to go there. Teachers may want to familiarise themselves with the documents. They will be discussed and explained during the first series of start-up meetings in 2021.

Free State Amended Documents Related To The Revised Annual Teaching Plans Are Available

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Important information to take note of in addition to the mediation that was done before.

Applicable on all grade 10 to 12 teachers.




The Covid-19 National Revised Annual Teaching Plans (ATPs) for grades 10 to 12 were modified to be in line with the latest school calendar (see this page for the dates).

In the case of grades 11 and 10, provincial modifications to the ATPs were also affected. Therefore, amended Assessment Frameworks and a document with fundamental topics are also available now.

All these latest documents, plus media files to explain the recent changes, are available on the Covid-19 page. Click here to go there and follow further instructions to access and download.

Covid-19 Revised Annual Teaching Plans for Grade 11

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Grade 11 revised ATPs, presentations and audio files with explanations are available.

Click here to go to the page called "Covid-19 Revised ATPs" to download them.

If you look for similar material of grade 12, you will also find it on the page called "Covid-19 Revised ATPs".

Covid-19 Presentations for the Revised Annual Teaching Plans for Grade 12

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Presentations that accompany the revised annual teaching plans are available. Click here to go to the page called "Covid-19 Revised ATPs" to download them. These presentations have a few explanatory notes for the purpose of mediation of Free State teachers.

The originals are available from the DBE website. Look under links for schools.

This previous post deals with the release of the revised annual teaching plans.

Covid-19 Revised Annual Teaching Plans for Grade 12

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Click here to go the page where you can download the revised annual teaching plans (ATPs) and other documents in view of the national lockdown due to Covid-19.

Read the information on that page with attention.

DBE circular S2 that accompanies these documents can be downloaded here.

If you want to return to the documents in future, remember to look under "Pages".

The documents are also available on the website of DBE. Look under links for schools.