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Exemption
Certificates
Definitions
In this schedule, any word or expression to which a meaning has
been assigned by the Act, bears that meaning and unless the context
indicates otherwise-
"Advanced Level subject" means a subject passed at Advanced
Level as prescribed for the examinations of the examining bodies mentioned in Annexure I;
“Advanced Subsidiary subject” means any subject offered for and passed
with a symbol A, B, C or D at Advanced Subsidiary Level or Advanced Supplementary Level as prescribed for the examinations
of the examining bodies mentioned in Annexure I;
"ASECA subject" means a subject as approved by the Committee
of Principals passed at A Secondary Education Curriculum for Adults (ASECA) level;
"certificate of complete exemption" means a certificate issued by the
Committee of Principals in terms of the provisions of section 7(1)(e)
and (3) of the Act, admitting a candidate to bachelor's degree study at
a South African university without any conditions or limitations;
"certificate of conditional exemption" means a certificate issued by the
Committee of Principals in terms of the provisions of section 7(1)(e)
and (3) of the Act, admitting a candidate to bachelor's degree study at
a South African university, subject to specified conditions and for a
specified period;
"Council" means the council as defined in section 1 of the General and
Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act of 2001 (Act No. 58 of 2001);
"education department" means an education department of a province of
the Republic of South Africa;
"endorse" means the effecting of an endorsement by the Council that a
senior certificate candidate has satisfied the requirements for
matriculation endorsement in terms of section 7(1)(d) of the Act;
"examination sitting" means a main examination sitting. A supplementary
examination sitting shall be recognized as part of the main examination sitting
for the purpose of endorsement or the issuing of certificates of
exemption from the matriculation endorsement requirement –
- where the supplementary examination sitting is granted for medical or
other good reason acceptable to the examining authority; or
- where the supplementary examination sitting is in a subject or
subjects offered at the main examination sitting;
“extra-curricular subject” means a subject, other than a senior
certificate subject approved by the Committee of Principals as being
equivalent to a senior certificate subject at Higher Grade or Standard
Grade;
"First Language Higher Grade equivalence" means a language subject
passed in a foreign examination evaluated by the Committee of Principals
to be equivalent to a first language Higher Grade subject;
"full-time candidate" means a candidate attending a school on a full-time basis;
"HIGCSE Level subject" means a subject offered for and passed with a symbol
of 1, 2 or 3 in the Higher International General Certificate of Secondary Education examination conducted by
Cambridge International Examinations and/or the Namibian Ministry of Education in collaboration with the
Cambridge International Examinations;
"Higher Grade subject" means a subject offered and passed on the Higher
Grade in a senior certificate examination recognised by the Council;
"Higher Level subject" means a subject offered for and passed with a
symbol of 1, 2 or 3 in the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate examination conducted by the Namibian
Ministry of Education in collaboration with Cambridge International Examinations, which could be included
to mean a HIGCSE Level examinations conducted by Cambridge International Examinations and/or the Namibian
Ministry of Education in collaboration with the University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate;
"IGCSE Level subject" means a subject offered for and passed with a symbol
of A*, A, B or C in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education examination conducted by
Cambridge International Examinations and/or the Namibian Ministry of Education in collaboration with
Cambridge International Examinations;
"immigrant" means -
- a child or a dependent of a diplomatic representative of a foreign
government accredited in South Africa; or
- any other person who -
- first entered a South African school in Grade 7 or a more senior
grade; or
- having begun his or her schooling at a South African school, has
attended school outside South Africa for two or more consecutive years
after Grade 6 or its equivalent;
"instructional offering" means a course passed at a university in
accordance with the provisions of the Act;
"M Level subject" means a subject offered for and passed at the M Level
prescribed for the examinations previously conducted by the Associated
Examining Board;
"matriculation examination" means the matriculation examination of the
universities conducted by the Matriculation Board prior to 4 September
1992;
"matriculation exemption" means exemption from the matriculation
examination conducted by the Matriculation Board prior to 4 September
1992;
"N3 standard" means the standard achieved in a subject at the National
Certificate: N3 passed at a South African further education and training
college;
"N5 standard" means the standard achieved in a subject at the National
Certificate: N5 passed at a South African further education and training
college;
"offer and sit" means to enter for, and sit (write) the examination for
a subject, or the examinations for a number of subjects: provided that a
candidate who:-
- is found guilty of an irregularity in one or more of these
examinations; or
- is found to have gained any unlawful advantage, in respect of one or
more of these examinations, before, on or after the date of the
examination or examinations concerned;
will be deemed not to have offered or sat any examination at that
sitting, and will not be allowed endorsement or exemption on the grounds
of any result in any examination offered and sat at that sitting;
"official language" means Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa,
isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda and Xitsonga;
"one full credit of instructional offerings" means a set of
instructional offerings which must be passed by a matriculated candidate
for a complete first year as prescribed for the degree for which he or
she is registered;
"Ordinary Level subject" means any subject offered for and passed with a
symbol of A, B or C at the Ordinary Level, the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level or
the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) level prescribed for the examinations
conducted by the examining bodies mentioned in Annexure I or the Namibian Ministry of Education;
"part-time candidate" means a candidate not attending school on a full-time basis and includes a private candidate;
"pass in a subject" means obtaining at least 33 1/3 percent of the
maximum marks in an official language Second Language Higher Grade, at least 33 1/3 percent of the
maximum of marks in any subject on the Standard Grade and at least 40 per cent of the maximum of marks
in an ASECA subject or any other Higher Grade subject: Provided that the candidate has not been found
guilty of any irregularity in the relevant examination or that he or she did not gain any unlawful
advantage before, on or after the date on and time at which the examination concerned was conducted;
"Principal Level subject" means a subject offered for and passed at the
Principal Level in the Higher School Certificate examination previously
conducted by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate;
"recognised examination" means a senior certificate examination
recognised by the Council, or another examination recognised by the
Committee of Principals, for the purpose of admission to bachelor's
degree study at a South African university by virtue of completed
qualifications or subjects passed at a standard acceptable to the
Committee of Principals;
"school" means a public school or an independent school as defined in terms of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act 84 of 1996);
"senior certificate" means a school-leaving certificate with pass marks in at least five Higher Grade or five Standard Grade subjects or a combination of five Higher Grade and Standard Grade subjects, approved by the Committee of Principals and issued by the Council, or an equivalent certificate issued prior to the commencement of section 9 of the South African Certification Council Act, 1986 (Act 85 of 1986);
"Standard Grade subject" means a subject offered and passed on the
Standard Grade in a senior certificate examination recognised by the
Council;
"subject" means a senior certificate instructional offering at a level
acceptable to the Committee of Principals;
"Subsidiary Level subject" means a subject offered for and passed at the Subsidiary Level prescribed for the examinations of the examining bodies mentioned in Annexure I;
"SYSTEM Recovery Programme subject" means a subject as approved by the
Committee of Principals passed towards the Students and Youth into
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SYSTEM) Recovery
Programme for the purpose of these requirements;
"the Act" means the Universities Act, 1955 (Act No. 61 of 1955), as
amended, read with Section 74 of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No
101 of 1997);
"university language of instruction" means an official language which is
designated, by notice by a university to the Committee of Principals and
in accordance with the Minister of Education's higher education language
policy, as a university medium of instruction for that university except
where used principally as the medium of instruction for the study of
that language or its literature.
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