At the time of writing, a public debate is raging over the revelations contained in a draft Higher Education South Africa (HESA) report of the pilot assessments done of a large sample of students already accepted for tertiary education. The National Benchmark Tests Pilot Project, commissioned in 2005, had its first trials in February this year and included 13 000 students representing the gender and demographic ratios present in South Africa using internationally accredited procedures… (more)