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Matric final exam timetable 2021 – time to buckle down and study

Within a little more than six weeks before the matrics will write their examinations. Click here to view the Matric final exam timetable 2021.

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Yep, it is time to buckle down and study. The 2021 matric have a little more than six weeks before they write their National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.

THE EXAMS WILL START AT THE BEGINING OF NOVEMBER

The Department of Basic Education posted a reminder to matrics to start preparing for their final exams, scheduled to start on November 1 and end on December 7.

The matrics of 2021 have had a chaotic academic year. Grade 12s continued with winter school programmes, while schools closed earlier for the winter school holidays in line with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s level 4 lockdown order.

View the timetable here:

Having good study skills is always helpful. But it’s even more important now during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Here are 5 tips to study smarter and not harder:

  • Space out your studying
    It’s a bad idea to cram all your studying into that day. Instead, space out those study sessions.
  • Test yourself
    Create a deck of flash cards every time you learn new information. Put questions on one side and the answers on the other side. Friends can even quiz each other on the phone
  • Mistakes are okay, as long as you learn from them
    It’s crucial to test your memory. But it doesn’t really matter how many seconds you spend on each try. Check to see if you were right. Then focus on what you got wrong.
  • Mix it up
    In many cases, it helps to mix up your self-testing. Don’t just focus on one thing. Drill yourself on different concepts. Psychologists call this interleaving.
  • Use pictures
    Pay attention to diagrams and graphs in your class materials, says Nebel. Those pictures can boost your memory of this material. And if there aren’t pictures, creating them can be useful.

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