LIFE ORIENTATION GRADE 12

PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT TASK 1, TERM 1 2018

WRITTEN TASK
MEMORANDUM
NOTE TO THE TEACHER:
 Learners will respond to the questions based on their own socio
economic background, experiences, and the content they have learned
even in lower grades.
 The memorandum consists of FOUR pages.
ACTIVITY 1
1.1 Tabulate TWO changes with regard to EACH of the following topics. Indicate
how these changes might contribute to an increase in your stress level.

No Aspect Change Increased stress level

1.1.1 Financial  Have to work and live  Managing
on a budget budget
 Will have own income  Freedom to make
 own decisions
 Will have more  Pressure which is
financial freedom exerted by the
responsibility to
perform in order
to keep the loan
or bursary
1.1.2 Leaving home  Feelings/emotions  Facing the new
brought by leaving the or unknown
family/people/environ  Fear of not fitting
ment you know in
 Having to cope with  New emotions
academic/work you experience
pressures without may be
parental support. stressful
1.1.3 Social freedom  Freedom of movement  Having to make
and association new friends can
 Freedom to choose be stressful
when to go to work or  Having to make
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  Learning to function own
independently
1.1.4 Responsible for own  Make own food,  How to balance
domestic functions washing and other domestic chores
domestic chores ,work/study and a
 Buying own social life
groceries  Managing time to
accommodate all
chores and
responsibilities
1.1.5 Social changes you will How to make new  One may be
have to cope with friends in a new stressed to deal
environment with new people
 Having to share eg and situations
accommodation with  Having to share
people you don’t and compromise
know one’s privacy
Any other relevant learner response for FOUR marks each

1.2 Aims and practical action to take to achieve the dimensions by age 35
DIMENSION AIM Practical Action
1.2.1 Physical  To promote physical  Engage in an exercise
Health fitness routine
 To improve physical  Develop an exercise plan
well being , implement it and record
 To adhere to a the progress
proper diet  Draw and stick to a
healthy diet plan

1.2.2  To align career  Make research as to

Education according to the which skills are needed in
organisational the job market so that
needs one can learn them and
further one’s studies in
 To develop those skills
coaching and  Attend coaching and
mentoring skills mentoring workshops

 To become a lifelong  Enrol at an institution of

learner higher learning
1.2.3 Finances  To be financially  Applying for a well-paying
independent job
 To improve financial
management skills  Attending financial
 To maintain a stable management courses
budget  Draw and stick to a
monthly budget
Any other relevant learner response for six marks
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SECTION B

Activity 2

2.1 Define School Based Assessment

 Tasks/activities administered/done during school timecan either be
formal or informal (2)

Any other relevant learner response for marks

2.2 The importance of school Based Assessment

 Indicates how learners progress in the course of the year
 Prepares learners for formal assessment
 Leads to development and improvement of learning
 A realistic picture of competence is provided
 Will count towards their year mark
Any other relevant learner response for one mark each
(5 x 1)(5)

2.3 Advice learners on how to prepare for an examination

No Aspect Advice on preparing for the examination
2.3.1 Food that will help  Fish has omega 3 which boosts memory
memory  Junk food is not good to improve energy
levels e.g. avoid fizzy drinks 
 Eat food rich in vitamins and proteins
2.3.2 Study Plan  They need to know that they need a plan
based on the examination time table so
that they do not neglect other subject over
others
 It will increase productivity and efficiency
 Will lead to success in studies
2.3.3 Physical Exercise  They need to know that studying all the
time will not yield results, they need to
take a break and engage in physical
exercise which will invigorate them
2.3.4 Study Strategies  Learners need to know when they learn
best e.g. at night , in the morning, listening
to a radio, chewing a gumetc.
2.3.5 Learning style  Learners need to know how they learn
best e.g. are they auditory, aesthetic,
visual etc.

Any other relevant learner response for three marks (15)

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SECTION C

Activity 3

3.1 Provide THREE ways in which fraud and corruption impact negatively on the
youth.
 The youth abandon education thinking that fraud and corruption are the
way to get rich quick. 
 Some are rejected by members of the community because members of
their families are implicated in fraudulent activities.
 Fraud and corruption deny the youth the opportunity for employment
because some employers practise nepotism, selling jobs Etc. 
 More youth may be involved in criminal activities to vent out their
frustrations.
Any other relevant response for TWO marks each. (3 X 2)(6)

3.2 Explain any FIVE anti-corruption strategies that the Government has put in
place to deal with corruption. (5x2)(10)

 Stronger rules and procedures to stop nepotism, favouritism and the

awarding of contracts to people who do not deserve it. 

 A toll-free anti-corruption hotline (0800 701 701) where incidents of

corruption can be reported anonymously 

 All government institutions are obliged to adhere to Public Finance

Management Act 
 Investigating units like the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) to root
out corruption in the public sector

Laws and processes to protect people who report others (‘whistle-


blowers’)
 Training for all public servants on code of conduct, found guilty
ethics and corruption
 Prosecution of all offenders and blacklisting of people who have been
Any other relevant learner response for TWO marks each

3.3 Evaluate why fraud and corruption is escalating in some countries.

 People are afraid to blow the whistle because they are afraid of
victimisation or they are bribed by the perpetrators. 
 Some perpetrators are not subjected to punishment when reported 
because whistle blowers are unable to come up with tangible evidence
/ afraid to attend court proceedings to convict perpetrators. 
 They are unaware of who to speak / report to because of red tape or
because law enforcement officials are afraid of being victimised. 

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  Policies put in place to deal with corruption are sometimes not correctly
implemented which escalates fraud and corruption. (2x2)(4)

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