National Senior Certificate: Subject choices and University entrance requirements 2009 23 September 2007

1. Fonts and animation? Background music (5. Music) Transition National Senior Certificate: Subject choices andUniversity entrance requirements 2009 23 September 2007 CFC van der Walt (assisted by Prof NicKotze) Presentation to NWU Council

2. Summary: Current Requirements for new National Senior Certificate (NSC) – No regulations yet • First holders of South African NSC to apply for admission in 2009 • New subjects, in two categories, no “higher” and “standard” grade • subjects and new achievement levels in NSC • Approved subjects for grades 10-12 are indicated as • “Recognised” subjects, of which some are further indicated as • “Designated” subjects • All subjects carry 20 credits, except Life Orientation with 10 • credits, also not externally assessed • Required for the NSC: • Four compulsory subjects: – Two official languages, being a LOT (at 3=40%-49%) and an official language at first additional level (at 2=30%-39%) – Life Orientation (at 3=40%-49%) – Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy (at 2=30%-39%) • PLUS three elective subjects, one at 3=40%-49% and others at • 2=30%-39% Bullet type, colour and animation?

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4. Recognised and Designated subjects – NWU examples Designated subjects: Agricultural Science Dramatic Arts, Music, Visual Arts Accounting, Business Studies, Economics One language of tuition plus 2 other languages Engineering Graphics and Design Geography, History, Religion Studies Life Sciences, Physical Sciences Information Technology Mathematics & Mathematical Literacy Consumer Studies Recognised subjects: Agricultural Management Practices Agricultural Technology Agricultural Sciences Dance Studies, Design, Dramatic Arts, Music, Visual Arts Accounting, Business Studies, Economics Create Organization Charts

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7. NWU Approach for 2009 • In setting admission and placement requirements for 2009: • Six subjects will be counted to compute the APS because a learner • can attain an NSC after condonation of one subject in which a 1 • (0%-29%) had been achieved. By 2009 the APS will be • automatically computed by the NWU Student System. • The admission approach of “the most applicable assumed learning” • (i.e. looking at outcome skills from NSC subjects) currently followed • by the NWU is applied in advising learners, teachers and parents • about learners’ subject choices for the NSC from 2007. • All NSC subjects (whether designated or merely recognised) are • counted on the same basis, e.g. an achievement at level 5 in • Tourism and a level 5 in Mathematics will both count 5 towards the • APS. In the light of the current development stage of the NSC • dispensation this will ensure greater uniformity, clarity and simplicity, • to be refined as experience with the new NSC subjects grows. Replace with Video (4. Video)

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