
Learning pathways from the GEC General and GEC Occupational can be mapped out programmatically by institutions offering further education and training programmes, so that learner access is facilitated. “The general education certificate can be diagnostic and used to inform learners of the possible pathways they may want to access. The aim of the general education certificate according to the department, is that it would be an NQF registered qualification awarded to learners at the end of their Grade 9 school year, which would enable those “who may want to access further learning can be assisted in the selection and guidance of subjects from Grade 9 level already”. The department says that offering a general education certificate to Grade 9 pupils “is not an indication of the exit of learners from a learning pathway in schools but provides better decision-making for and access to further learning after Grade 9.” At the time, the president said the following: “I am glad that this approach, an idea put forward as far back as 1995 in one our earliest education white papers, appears to be on the policy agenda again,” the department said. “In all three speeches, what was communicated was that the general education certificate would facilitate the pathways between schools and colleges at a level below Grade 12. The Advanced Supplementary Level (AS) is to be equatable with the level of the GCSE under the aforementioned conditions.Thursday’s event was not the first time the introduction of the Grade 9 general education certificate was mentioned, the department said, referring to three previous times when President Cyril Ramaphosa had spoken about it, including at the state of the nation address in February this year.At least three of the four subjects have to be completed at the GCE Advanced level, the fourth subjects at the level of GCSE or IGCSE.one of the subjects Biology, Physics or Chemistry.Four general subjects that are independent from one another have to be completed with grade A*, A, B or C (respectively grades 9 - 4).Legalisation: if your school is not located in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, your documents have to be legalised according to the legalisation requirements of the country your school is located in.If German is your first language the subject German can only be accepted for the level of the GCSE or IGCSE, independent of the German level it was completed in.



Exemptions from entrance exam procedure.

