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Web usage stats P.1 NBT survey P.2
CETAP on the move P.3 Collaborations and partnerships P.4
Facebook followers
Twitter followers
NBT Reports distributed
CETAP News September 2018
NBT website usage statistics
An examination of the NBT website
statistics over the past year
(September 2017—September
2018) revealed that the site is a well
-used resource for documents such
as the NBT brochure, NBT
exemplars, and the NBT national
report.
The year saw 70489 downloads from the NBT website.
AQL exemplar questions in English were downloaded almost 10 000
times, while MAT English ex-
emplars accounted for just
over 9000 downloads.
The English NBT brochure was
downloaded a total of 24109
times. Brochures in the other
official South African languages
accounted for 3393 downloads.
Interest in the NBT report was
evident in the 252 downloads of the 2016, 2017, and 2018
national reports.
NBT-by-numbers
3391
377
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CETAP’s NBT survey was sent out to 42744 NBT test writers at the end of August. At the close of
the survey on the 11th of September, 8943 responses had been recorded, generating a response
rate of 21%.
The results will be analysed and a report will be generated in October.
Some preliminary results are featured here:
More women (64%) than men (36%) responded to
the survey.
The majority of NBT writers wrote their tests in
Gauteng and the Western Cape.
A large proportion of NBT writers will
be relying on family, bursaries, or
financial aid to fund their university
studies.
NBT survey preliminary results
CETAP’s Director, Naziema Jappie attended the 20th International Conference on Gender and Education in Zurich, Switzerland from the 13th to the 14th September. She presented a paper on the Contribution of Women to Post-Colonial Education and Leadership.
The conference brought together researchers and scholars to exchange ideas and share their experiences on aspects of gender and education. It provided a platform to present and discuss the trends, concerns and challenges encountered around the globe.
Naziema Jappie attended a meeting with ETS Global in Amsterdam, which was focussed on collaboration between ETS Global and CETAP looking at Global Partnership Models and Potential in English-speaking Africa.
It was also an opportunity for CETAP to tap into product development and growth opportunities, particularly the TOEFL & TOEIC Family of Assessments, English Discoveries and Criterion.
The discussion also focussed on student retention in colleges by using WorkForce® Assessments for behavioral competen-cies.
CETAP on the move
Naziema Jappie and colleagues from Nepal, Norway, Nigeria, and
the UK
Left: Gerben van Lent (Executive Director: ETS
Global); Middle: Naziema Jappie; Right: Oguz
Emran (Business Development Manager
Level 4, Hoerikwaggo Building
University of Cape Town
www.cetap.uct.ac.za
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Fax: +27 (0)21 650 5466
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Centre for Educational Testing for Access & Placement
Collaboration and partnerships
CETAP representatives, Naziema Jappie,
Sanet Steyn, Benita Nel, and Emlyn
Balarin visited with representatives from
JET Education Services in Johannesburg
on the 20th September, to discuss the
potential for a collaborative project
between the two organisations.
