TERM 1 WORK

CAREER AND CAREER CHOICES

WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT EXPECT: • • Requirements for admission to additional and higher education courses: National Senior Certificate (NSC) requirements• for certificate, diploma and degree studies• - Evaluating additional and higher education options: Admission Score Points for institutions of higher learning and• admission requirements for specific programmes/courses• • Options for financial assistance: bursaries, study loans, scholarships, learnerships and SETAs• - Obligations in terms of financial arrangements

UNIT 1 : REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO ADDITIONAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION COURSESTYPES OF QUALIFICATIONS • HIGHER EDUCATION TAKES PLACE IN HIGHER LEARNING

INSTITUTIONS

1. UNIVERSITIES – STUDY MOSTLY FOR DEGREES FOR PROFESSIONS LIKE MEDICINE ECT

2. UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY – STUDY MOSTLY FOR CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS OR TECHNOLOGY DEGREES – THESE QUALIFICATIONS ARE PRACTICAL AND LEAD STRAIGHT TO JOB OR CAREER

3. COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITIES – OFFER BOTH UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY QUALIFICATIONS

• THE COURSE AND THE INSTITUTION THAT YOU STUDY AT DEPENDS ON VARIOUS FACTORS. • ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING:

1. WHAT ARE MY INTERESTS?

2. WHAT QUALIFICATION DO I WANT TO STUDY FOR?

3. WHAT WAS MY MATRIC RESULTS?

4. WHAT COURSES DO I QUALIFY FOR?

5. WHAT CAN I AFFORD TO STUDY?

6. DO I WANT TO WORK AND STUDY AT THE SAME TIME?

DIFFERENT QUALIFICATIONS1. A HIGHER CERTIFICATE • ENABLED TO WORK IN A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY• PROVIDES INTRODUCTARY KNOWLEDGE AND

PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES • FOCUS ON HOW TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE IN THE

WORKPLACE • INCLUDES WORK EXPERIENCE • ENABLES YOU TO DO A SPECIFIC JOB • ENABLES YOU TO STUDY FURTHER TO GAIN AN

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE • ALLOWS YOU TO GET CREDITS IF YOU WANT TO STUDY

FOR DIPLOMA OR DEGREE• CREDITS- POINTS YOU GET FOR COURSES/ CLASSES

COMPLETED

2. A DIPLOMA • ENABLES YOU TO WORK IN A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY • FOCUS ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND HOW TO APPLY

THEM IN A PARTICULAR FIELD• PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AND SPECIALIST

KNOWLEDGE • USUALLY INCLUDES PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE

WORKPLACE • ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER SEVERAL CAREER PATHS IN A

PARTICULAR FIELD • ENABLES YOU TO STUDY FURTHER FOR AN ADVANCED

DIPLOMA OR BACHELOR’S DEGREE

• 3. A BACHELOR’S DEGREE• PROVIDES BROAD EDUCATION • FOCUS ON PRINCIPLES, THEORY AND RESEARCH • ENABLES YOU TO FOLLOW A CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL • ENALBLES YOU TO STUDY FURTHER FOR A POSTGRADUATE

DEGREE LIKE HONOURS OR MASTERS • ENABLES YOU TO SPECIALISE AND STUDY FOR AN ADVANCED

DIPLOMA – EG BSC QUALIFICATION + ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION = SCIENCE TEACHER

• REMEMBER: HIGHER CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS AND BACHELORS DEGREES ARE KNOWN AS ENTRY LEVEL QUALIFICATION – IF YOU WANT TO STUDY FURTHER.• NQF = NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK – SEE PG 45

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REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO ADDITIONAL COURSES: FET COLLEGES • FET COLLEGES OFFER VOCATIONAL COURSES – GETS YOU READY FOR PARTICULAR JOB OR EMPLOYMENT • MANY FET COLLEGE STUDENTS FIND WORK FASTER THAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS • FET COLLEGES FOCUS ON SCARE SKILLS AND CAREERS – HAVE LINKS WITH INSTITUTIONS AND CORPRATE WORLD. • COURSES ARE PRACTICAL WITH SOME THEORY – HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND REAL LIFE APPLICATION – REAL WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE • SOME FET COLLEGES ARE ACCEPTED AT UNI SO YOU CAN STUDY FURTHER • ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS VARY, DEPENDING ON THE COURSE

PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS FOR NSC • NSC – NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (MATRIC CERTIFICATE)

YOU NEED THE FOLLOWING TO PASS • ONE HOME LANGUAGE – 40%• TWO OTHER SUBJECTS – 40%• THREE SUBJECTS – 30%

YOU MAY ONLY FAIL ONE SUBJECT ( LESS THAN 30%) IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENTS IN THIS SUBJECT – ALL THE SCHOOL PROJECTS/ TESTS/ ASSIGNMENTS FOR THIS SUBJECT.

ADMISSION POINT SCORE (APS ) • SEE TABLE 2 ON PAGE 47 • ADMISSION TO HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS DEPEND ON APS • NOTE: FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS , THE APS HAS TWO SCORES WHILE THE NSC HAS ONLY ONE

NSC SUBJECTS • SEE TABLE 4 PAGE 47 • THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF SUBJECT

1. COMPULSARY SUBJECTS – TABLE 3 PG 47

2. DESIGNATED SUBJECTS – TABLE 5 (EXAMPLES) PG 48

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO STUDY FOR HIGHER CERTIFICATE, DIPLOMA, OR DEGREE

• SEE TABLE 6 PG 48 – THESE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS BY LAW • SOME COURSES/ INSTITUTIONS REQUIRE SPECIFIC COMBINATIONS OF SUBJECTS OR HIGHER APS SCORES • NO INSTITUTION WILL ACCEPT YOU IF YOU ONLY ACHIEVE THE MIN FOR ALL YOUR SUBJECTS • YOU MUST ACHIEVE ATLEAST 30% FOR THE LANUAGE THAT THE INSTITUTION USES FOR TEACHING, TRAINING AND LEARNING

NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS (NBT) • YOU MAY BE ASKED TO WRITE THE NBT. THERE ARE 2 TESTS – YOU CAN BE ASKED TO WRITE ONE OR BOTH

1. THE AQL TEST – MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST – 3HRS AND 5 MINUTES

CONSISTS OF: • ACADEMIC LITERACY TEST – TESTS LANGUAGE SKILLS,

VOCABULARY, EVALUATE EVIDENCE, DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND PICK OUT MAIN IDEAS

• QUANTITATIVE LITERACY TEST – TEST ABILITY TO APPLY FORMULAE, READ AND INTERPRET GRAPHS, CHARTS TABLES , MEASUREMENT AND LOGICAL REASONING

2. MATHEMATICS (MAT) – 3HRS – MULTIPLE CHOICE BASED ON GR12 CURRICULUM. • YOU WIL WRITE THIS TEST IF YOUR COURSE INCLUDES

ANY MATHEMATICS SUBJECT. • YOU CAN WRITE THESE TESTS BEFORE THE MATRIC

FINAL EXAM SO YOU CAN APPLY FOR BURSARIES AND COURSES AT INSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

• YOUR RESULTS WILL THEN BE COMBINED WITH YOUR NSC RESULTS AND WILL DETERMINE WHERE YOU SHOULD BE PLACED: REGULAR, BRIDGING OR FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES

• IT WILL ALSO HELP BURSARY PROVIDERS TO DECIDE WETHER OR NOT TO HELP YOU.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR SPESIFIC COURSES OR PROGRAMMES • DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN SOME INSTITUTIONS HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSIONS.

THEY: • GIVE EXTRA POINTS FOR PASSING DESIGNATED

SUBJECTS • GIVE EXTRA POINTS FOR ENG HOME LANGUAGE OR

ENGLISH FAL AND MATHEMATICS• REQUIRE YOU TO WRITE THE NBT

OPTIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TYPES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

1. BURSARIES • BURSARIES ARE GIVEN FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE • BURSARIES ARE GIVEN BY STUDY INSTITUTIONS,

COMPANIES OR BUSINESSES, SOME MUNICIPALITIES • COMPANIES GIVE BURSARIES FOR COURSES RELATED

TO WHAT THEY DO• LOOK FOR THE BURSARY REGISTER THAT GIVES YOU A

FULL LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE BURSARIES. • SEE RESOURCES ON PAGE 51

HOW TO FINANCE YOUR FET COLLEGE STUDIES THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFERS FET COLLEGE BURSARIES

THE REQUIREMENTS ARE: • SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENSHIP • ENROLLED OR INTENDING TO REGISTER FOR A

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE (VOCATIONAL / NCV) • IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISSTANCE • SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, EG.

PASSING MARKS IN GR11 AND GR12

2. STUDY LOANS

MONEY LENT BY BANK TO FINANCE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES

YOU NEED TO BE REGISTERED AT A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE TO GET A STUDY LOAN

APPLY AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS: • BANKS: USUALLY A PARENT OR SPONSOR APPLIES FOR

YOU – THIS PERSON MUST BE FINANCIALLY STABLE• EDULOAN: THESE LOANS COVER COURSE FEES,

REGISTRATION, TEXTBOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS. • NATIONAL STUDENT FINANCIAL SCHEME (NSFAS) : FOR

STUDENTS WHO SHOW THAT THEY WILL SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR STUDIES. IF YOU DO WELL YOU CAN GET 40% OF WHAT YOU BORROWED.

3. SCHOLARSHIPS

MONEY THAT A COMPANY, BUSINESS, ORGANISATION AWARDS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU DID WELL IN ACADEMICS OR SPORT.

4. LEARNERSHIPS AND SETA’S

LEARNERSHIP: JOB THAT PAYS WHILE YOU STUDY. OFTEN DON’T GET A FULL SALARY BUT A SMALLER ALLOWANCE

SETA: SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUTHORITY

AFRICA HAS 21 SETA’S FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRIES

THE LEARNERSHIP PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED BY SETA

A CONTRACT IS SIGNED BETWEEN YOU AND INSTITUTION – CONTRACT ENDS WHEN QUALIFICATION IS OBTAINED.

OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS 1. BURSARIES • USUALLY DON’T HAVE TO PAY BACK UNLESS YOU FAIL.

YOU MAY HAVE TO WORK FOR THE COMPANY AFTER YOU FINISH – CONTRACT BURSARY.

2. SCHOLARSHIPS• YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY BACK MUST YOU MUST DO

WELL IN YOUR STUDIES

3. LEARNERSHIPS

• YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR A LEARNERSHIP

4. STUDY LOANS

• FROM BANK – PAY MONEY BACK + INTEREST • FROM COMPANY – THEY MAY WANT YOU TO WORK FOR

THEM WHEN STUDIES ARE FINISHED. • FROM NSFAS – YOU START TO REPAY WHEN YOU EARN

R30 000 OR MORE A YEAR. THEN YOU PAY 3% OF YOUR ANNUAL SALARY, THE MORE YOU EARN, THE MORE YOU PAY.

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