The Importance Of A Matric...Failed your Matric? There are options available to you if you don’t...
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The Importance Of A Matric A matric cerficate is increasingly becoming the minimum requirement when entering the working world in South Africa and is important if you want to study at a mainstream academic university. “Somemes matric results are not a true reflecon of your abilies,” says Essa. “While it is advisable to rewrite and acquire your matric cerficate, not having it isn’t a train- smash. You can choose to rewrite and improve your results by wring supplementary exams in the subjects that you have done poorly in, or redo your matric if you failed, either at school and through a correspondence college or at a rewrite centre. If you have passed matric but did not get an exempon to study at university, you may be able to do a bridging course to get into the mainstream course. You can apply for a learnership through an FET college, technikon or through companies. You can learn ‘blue collar’ skills such as welding, pipe-fing, mechanics or learn an arsan trade such as a plumbing or carpentry, or ‘white collar’ skills such as bookkeeping, accounts management, tax consulng and administraon. You will obtain a cerficate at the end of the learnership which is ‘portable’ and allows you to study further towards a higher qualificaon. If you are older than 23 and have passed Grade 10, you may qualify for a condional university exempon to study further based on the recognion of prior formal and informal learning. You can gain credits from short courses or through vocaonal training in areas such as informaon technology, business, markeng, catering, hospitality, bookkeeping and so on. “ What To Do If You Can’t Afford To Study After School Bursaries: Apply for a bursary through the Naonal Student Financial Aid Scheme, a government bursary fund for financially needy students. Some major companies offer bursaries to students, but you will be expected to ‘pay back’ the bursary by working for that company for a specified me aſter you qualify. Student Loans: Educaon loan specialists such as Eduloan and commercial banks provide student loans for those who wish to study further. You will be charged interest and be required to pay back the full loan amount once your studies are complete or while you are studying. Pay Your Way: Register on job websites, check the career secon in your local newspapers and job posts on community boards or in shopping centres for any part-me or full-me working opportunies. Colleges such as Boston City Campus, Intec, College SA and universies such as UNISA offer correspondence courses so that you can structure your studies around work. Mainstream universies such as WITS Plus and UJ may have Saturday classes or night lectures for certain degree studies, enabling you to work during the day. Enrol For A Learnership: Enrol for a learnership in an industry that is aligned with your future career. Learnerships are paid for by the employer so you earn a qualificaon while earning a salary which you can save for future studies. A Diploma Versus A Degree? A degree is a three to four-year theorecally- based course with a focus on research, academics and specialisaon in a certain career field. It covers a broad range of subjects and can be advantageous when considering managerial posions in a company as well as independent pracce. Graduates with degrees may find more financially lucrave posions in the working world. Diplomas are typically one to three year courses. The curriculum is very specific, more technical and focused on a parcular trade or profession. Diplomas can be a quicker way to gain entry into the working world than a degree. Help! I’ve Made The Wrong Career Choice “Many students start a degree without really thinking about what they are going to do with the degree,” says Essa. “There is oſten pressure from parents who want their children to go to university, students choose degrees that their friends are in, and some choose degrees based on meeng the minimum admission score. The first year dropout rate is climbing in South Africa. Don’t make impulsive and hasty decisions. You may risk registering for another degree that is also not suitable for you. Look at the alternave courses and speak to your lecturer or curriculum adviser. There may be aspects of your course that you may not completely enjoy, but it may be a requirement to graduate. If you are changing degrees, it is important to assess what the implicaons will be. For example, if you received a bursary, you may need to pay back the money or if you change to a different degree you may lose your bursary cover. Seek professional career guidance so that you can choose a degree that is best aligned with your career expectaons and to ensure that you are making informed decisions from the start.” Catch people next week where we bring you Part Two of our ulmate career guide with expert ps on how to land the right job, write a stand-out CV and covering leer, how to impress during a job interview and ps on starng your own business. Follow us on twier.com/people_sa Failed your Matric? There are options available to you if you don’t have a Matric certificate Brad Pitt ‘Brad Pitt supported himself by driving strippers in limos, moving refrigerators and dressing as a giant chicken while working at a restaurant. Sandra Bullock and Lady Gaga worked as waitresses, while Jon Bon Jovi worked as a janitor at his cousin’s recording studio’ Lady Gaga Sandra Bullock Jon Bon Jovi PeopleIssue02pg40-41.indd 41 12/19/2012 1:36:38 PM
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The Importance Of A MatricA matric certi fi cate is increasingly becoming the minimum requirement when entering the working world in South Africa and is important if you want to study at a mainstream academic university. “Someti mes matric results are not a true refl ecti on of your abiliti es,” says Essa. “While it is advisable to rewrite and acquire your matric certi fi cate, not having it isn’t a train-smash. You can choose to rewrite and improve your results by writi ng supplementary exams in the subjects that you have done poorly in, or redo your matric if you failed, either at school and through a correspondence college or at a rewrite centre. If you have passed matric but did not get an exempti on to study at university, you may be able to do a bridging course to get into the mainstream course. You can apply for a learnership through an FET college, technikon or through companies. You can learn ‘blue collar’ skills such as welding, pipe-fi tti ng, mechanics or learn an arti san trade such as a plumbing or carpentry, or ‘white collar’ skills such as bookkeeping, accounts management, tax consulti ng and administrati on. You will obtain a certi fi cate at the end of the learnership which is ‘portable’ and allows you to study further towards a higher qualifi cati on. If you are older than 23 and have passed Grade 10, you may qualify for a conditi onal university exempti on to study further based on the recogniti on of prior formal and informal learning. You can gain credits from short courses or through vocati onal training in areas such as informati on technology, business, marketi ng, catering, hospitality, bookkeeping and so on. “
What To Do If You Can’t Afford To Study After SchoolBursaries: Apply for a bursary throughthe Nati onal Student Financial Aid Scheme, a government bursary fund for fi nancially needy students. Some major companies off er bursaries to students, but you will be expected to ‘pay back’ the bursary by working for that company for a specifi ed ti me aft er you qualify. Student Loans: Educati on loan specialists such as Eduloan and commercial banks provide student loans for those who wish to study further. You will be charged interest and be required to pay back the full loan amount once your studies are complete or while you are studying.Pay Your Way: Register on job websites, check the career secti on in your local newspapers and job posts on community boards or in shopping centres for any part-ti me or full-ti me working opportuniti es. Colleges such as Boston City Campus, Intec, College SA and universiti es such as UNISA off er correspondence
courses so that you can structure your studies around work. Mainstream universiti es such as WITS Plus and UJ may have Saturday classes or night lectures for certain degree studies, enabling you to work during the day.Enrol For A Learnership: Enrol for a learnership in an industry that is aligned with your future career. Learnerships are paid for by the employer so you earn a qualifi cati on while earning a salary which you can save for future studies.
A Diploma Versus A Degree?A degree is a three to four-year theoreti cally-based course with a focus on research, academics and specialisati on in a certain career fi eld. It covers a broad range of subjects and can be advantageous when considering managerial positi ons in a company as well as independent practi ce. Graduates with degrees may fi nd more fi nancially lucrati ve positi ons in the working world. Diplomas are typically one to three year courses. The curriculum is very specifi c, more technical and focused on a parti cular trade or profession. Diplomas can be a quicker way to gain entry into the working world than a degree.
Help! I’ve Made The Wrong Career Choice “Many students start a degree without really thinking about what they are going to do with
the degree,” says Essa. “There is oft en pressure from parents who want their children to go to university, students choose degrees that their friends are in, and some choose degrees based on meeti ng the minimum admission score. The fi rst year dropout rate is climbing in South Africa. Don’t make impulsive and hasty decisions. You may risk registering for another degree that is also not suitable for you. Look at the alternati ve courses and speak to your lecturer or curriculum adviser. There may be aspects of your course that you may not completely enjoy, but it may be a requirement to graduate. If you are changing degrees, it is important to assess what the implicati ons will be. For example, if you received a bursary, you may need to pay back the money or if you change to a diff erent degree you may lose your bursary cover. Seek professional career guidance so that you can choose a degree that is best aligned with your career expectati ons and to ensure that you are making informed decisions from the start.”
Catch people next week where we bring you Part Two of our ulti mate career guide with expert ti ps on how to land the right job, write a stand-out CV and covering lett er, how to impress during a job interview and ti ps on starti ng your own business.
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‘Brad Pitt supported himself by driving strippers in limos, moving refrigerators and dressing ‘Brad Pitt supported himself by driving strippers in limos, moving refrigerators and dressing as a giant chicken while working at a restaurant. Sandra Bullock and Lady Gaga worked as as a giant chicken while working at a restaurant. Sandra Bullock and Lady Gaga worked as waitresses, while Jon Bon Jovi worked as a janitor at his cousin’s recording studio’ waitresses, while Jon Bon Jovi worked as a janitor at his cousin’s recording studio’
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