TPS2601
ASSIGNMENT 2 (YEAR MODULE)
DUE DATE: 25 July 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than July 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
QUESTION 1:
Use the document you downloaded to answer the following questions:
1. Describe the main important issues that are discussed in the overview section of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS).
ANSWER:
Main Important Issues in the Overview Section of CAPS
The overview section of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) addresses
several key issues:
1. Purpose of CAPS: It outlines the aim of CAPS to provide a single, comprehensive, and concise
policy document that will replace the existing Subject and Learning Area Statements,
Learning Programme Guidelines, and Subject Assessment Guidelines for all the subjects
listed in the National Curriculum Statement Grades R-12.
2. Principles of CAPS: CAPS emphasizes principles such as social transformation, active and
critical learning, high knowledge and high skills, progression, human rights, inclusivity,
ASSIGNMENT 2 (YEAR MODULE)
DUE DATE: 25 July 2024
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than July 2024. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
QUESTION 1:
Use the document you downloaded to answer the following questions:
1. Describe the main important issues that are discussed in the overview section of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS).
ANSWER:
Main Important Issues in the Overview Section of CAPS
The overview section of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) addresses
several key issues:
1. Purpose of CAPS: It outlines the aim of CAPS to provide a single, comprehensive, and concise
policy document that will replace the existing Subject and Learning Area Statements,
Learning Programme Guidelines, and Subject Assessment Guidelines for all the subjects
listed in the National Curriculum Statement Grades R-12.
2. Principles of CAPS: CAPS emphasizes principles such as social transformation, active and
critical learning, high knowledge and high skills, progression, human rights, inclusivity,
