FOCUS LIFE ORIENTATION GRADE 11 CHAPTER 3

1. FOCUSLIFE ORIENTATIONGRADE 11 CHAPTER 3 Careers and career choices

2. Types of qualifications • Higher education. What does it mean? • Universities • Universities of Technology • Comprehensive universities • Colleges • Private institutions • The type of course you will study and the type of institution at which you will study will depend on:

3. …cont and types of qualifications • Your interests • Planned qualifications • Gr 11 and12 marks • Affordability • Work and study, or only study? • What are the differences between a highercertificate, a diploma and a Bachelor degree?

4. NQF • You need one of these qualifications to be able to study further, that’s why it’s called Entry Level qualifications . • NQF=National Qualifications Framework • NQF on P.45. Write a definition for the NQF.

5. FET • FET=Further Education and Training. FET Colleges • Vocational focus (what does this mean?) • Practical focus (what does this mean? Refer to Boland College’s slogan above) • Focus on scarce skills and careers • Links with the corporate world

6. FET (cont.) • Provide opportunities for workplace experience. Look at the examples of study fields and courses on P. 46 (left column) • How does Engineering at a FET college differ from the Engineering training at a university?

7. NSC: Promotion Requirements • National Senior Certificate (matric certificate) • Promotion(pass)requirements: • One Official language (Home language level): 40% + • Two other subjects: 40% + • Three other subjects : 30% + • You may fail one subject (less than 30%) provided that you have completed all school-based assessments!

8. APS, NSC subjects, minimum requirements • APS=Admission Point Score • Explain what a APS score is (P.47) and do Activity 2 on P.47 • What are the differences between compulsory subjects , recognised subjects and designated subjects (P.47&48) • Read through 1.5 and Table 6 on P.48 and do the Activity 4 at the top of P.49

9. NBT • National benchmark test • Some tertiary institutions (only universities up to now) require you to write NBT’s. • It comprises of 2 tests, and depending on what you want to study, you need to write one or both tests. • Test 1: AQL. Academics Quantitative and Academic Literacy Test which consists of:

10. Subsections of NBT: • Academic Literacy Test (i.e. tests language) • Quantitative Literacy Test (i.e. tests numeracy skills and mathematical literacy) • Test 2: Mathematics Test (MAT). • These results will be combined with your NSC results to determine if you meet the requirements for your intended course.

11. Admission requirements • The requirements for all institutions, and even departments within the same institution, are different. • Some institutions have selection courses, while other courses only require you to meet the minimum requirements (what is the difference between the two??). • At other institutions , for example SU, all courses are now selection courses. • Some institutions require that you write the NBT’s, while others don’t.

12. …admission requirements • Some institutions only require certain marks or symbols for specific subjects. • Other institutions make use of a point system, the APS. • Some institutions / departments will include LOR in calculating the APS and others won’t. • Some institutions will ask you to double the scores of the required subjects in calculating the total APS. • Some institutions will ask you to double the scores of every language taken on Home language level.

13. …cont. and Finances • Do Activity 5 on P.50. FINANCES: • Make a summary with the following headings: Bursaries, FET college bursary scheme, Study loans, Scholarships and Learnerships & SETAs. • Under the headings you need to describe what the type of financial assistance entails, but ALSO your obligations!

14. Finances: assignment • i.e. you need to make a summary of P.51, 52 and the first half of P. 53 under the same headings and NOT separately like in the textbook! • Do Activity 6 on P.54. • Make a mindmap of the summary on P.55.