S.L. 327.696 Art. 13School-Based assessment. 

(1) School-based assessment is any type of assessment of a candidate made by the school relevant to the respective

Secondary Education Certificate syllabus that contributes to the final level awarded in the subject.

(2) The attainment of school-based assessment shall only be accepted from schools approved by the MATSEC Board.

(3) The school-based assessment shall be marked out of 100 each year (9, 10 and 11). The assessment for each year will contribute to 10% of the overall mark and will be reported to MATSEC by the school in Year 11. Therefore, each year will equally contribute to the final mark of the school-based assessment.

(4) The school-based assessment shall reflect the MATSEC syllabus covered in Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11.

(5) With the exception of all subjects marked with an asterisk in paragraph (1) of regulation 4, school-based assessments shall be set at either levels 1-2 only or levels 1-2-3. The highest level shall have a larger allocation of marks.

(6) In all subjects marked with an asterisk in paragraph (1) of regulation 4, school-based assessments shall be set at levels 1-2-3 and shall assess the set criteria.

(7) The school-based assessment results awarded by the candidates’ schools and the respective level at which this was set must reach MATSEC by the date specified by the MATSEC Board.

(8) School-based assessment results shall be retained for the Supplementary Session.

(9) School-based assessment results may be retained for not more than five subsequent years from the Examination it was submitted for, unless the respective syllabus states that the set school-based is no longer valid. Candidates are to make a formal request to MATSEC should they wish to retain their school-based assessment mark for subsequent sessions.

(10) Private candidates are not expected to present school-based assessment. Private candidates shall sit for another controlled paper to make up for the school-based assessment component .