An official policy statement governing instruction and learning in South African schools is known as the National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement. Every allowed subject for grades R through to 12 is listed in the policy. The program and promotion standards for grades R through to 12 are also included in the policy. For each subject, a Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement was developed. These are the geography curriculum and assessment policy statements:
All students enrolled in the National Senior Certificate program must include the School-based Assessment mark as a mandatory component of their final promotion mark. 25% of your final grade is determined by the score on the school-based assessment. Here are SBA guides for geography teachers and students: