Management: The department had filled most of its vacant posts - 46 posts had been filled in 2011/12 (including director, deputy director, deputy chief education specialist, assistant director, two senior education specialists and one senior education specialist per district). An examination unit was established in each of the districts (two officials per district had undergone induction and various training courses). The department was complimented for upgrading and purchasing new machines, and proper access control systems to the printing unit. The department was further commended for the establishment of nodal points to reduce storage at schools, as well as infrastructure developments. Registration: For the province, 134 Examination Centres were registered for the approximately 11 420 registered candidates (9 281 full-time and 2 139 part-time). These could further be broken down per district as follows: