The Geography P1 Grade 12 September was written on Tuesday, 31 August 2021. We were made aware of certain amendments and omissions that were discovered during the writing process.
In order to address this and to ensure that learners are not disadvantaged, the following standardised approach to marking must be adopted across the Province. The following guidelines with regard to marking was prepared in conjunction with the examiner and moderator.

ERRATA

There was an unintended error in QUESTION 3 (3.2 and 3.4.3) in Geography P1. The alphanumeric grid did not correspond with the symbols referred to in these respective questions. A total of 7 marks could have been potentially compromised here. Most Grade 12 learners would still have been able to source the symbols referred to in the map and answered these sub-questions.
However, if there were learners that were 'confused' or unfairly prejudiced by this we propose the following:

• Questions 1 and 2 to be marked as per normal out of 120.
• Question 3 to be marked out of 23 MARKS, and the mark converted to 30 as indicated on the SLIDING SCALE below. (Questions 3.2 and 3.4.3 must not be marked at all.)
• Total mark for Geography would then be calculated out of 150 marks.

The examination panel stresses that this must only apply to schools where learners were unable to answer these sub-questions based on the incorrect alphanumeric grid.
Schools who had no issue with this should mark the paper as normal out of 150.

We request that this must be brought to the attention of all educators marking these papers and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience.