A new payment structure for examiners, moderators and editors involved in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam has been published in the Government Gazette.
The new rates and guidelines for payments became necessary because all papers that are part of the NSC, which will replace what is known as the matric exam at the end of the year, have been set by the national department of education. This excludes non-official languages. Previously some papers were set by provincial departments of education. This is the first increase in five years.
Examiners will perform tasks on three levels:
On level one the hourly rate has been increased from R856 to R1 712, while the rate for four hours of work is R6 848;
On level two the rate of payment has been increased from R1 112,80 to R2 225,60; and
On level three the hourly rate is now R2 568 – up from R1 284.
Chief examiners will also be remunerated on three levels:
Level one examiners will be paid R1 883,20 per hour;
Level two examiners will earn R2 448,16; and
Level three examiners will earn R2 824,80 per hour.
Internal moderators will also earn on three levels:
Level one moderators will earn R2 568 per hour;
Level two moderators R2 692,98; and
Level three moderators R3 107,28.
Editors who have to oversee the grammatical and language quality of papers will earn R419,25 an hour. Translators from English to Afrikaans and vice versa will earn 50c per word. In the past the rate was R194,10 per hour and a half.