Marking: The marking centres were organised in such a way that a specific paper was marked at a particular centre under the management of the Chief Marker. Markers marked specific questions to allow for greater standardisation of marking and to avoid inter-marker and intra-marker variations. The supervision at each level of the marking hierarchy entailed moderation of the scripts that were marked. Internal moderators had been appointed for each subject or paper at each marking centre. The National Department would appoint external moderators and Umalusi would appoint verifiers.