Karteikarten
HIGHER EDUCATION
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- 1D: NSC; WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR AND WHAT IS IT ?National Senior Certificate; it is a certificate you get at the end of matric.
- 2D: NCV; WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR AND WHAT IS IT?National Certificate Vocational; it is an equivalent to the NSC except it is more practical and specific to certain careers.
- 3D: GET? FET?GET = general education & training
FET= further education & training - 4D: WHAT IS TERTIARY STUDIES?It is all formal post- high school education.
- 5D: WHAT IS HIGHER EDUCATION ?It is studies after high school specifically done at universities.
- 6D: WHAT IS A POST-GRADUATE?It is any further studies after obtaining a degree.
- 7WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF QULIFICATIONS YOU CAN GET AFTER SCHOOL & EXPLAIN WHAT EACH ENTAILS.M-higher certificate: it is a skill based qualification and allows you to do a specific job
-diploma: it includes more general principles & enables you to work in a specific industry/profession
-bachelors degree: provides you with a broad theoretical education needed for a whole career field - 8WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF MATRIC PASSES?-NSC pass: basic matric pass
-higher certificate allows you access to study higher education
-diploma pass: allows you access to study a further; a diploma
- bachelors: allows you access to study anywhere - 9WHAT DOES NQF STAND FOR?National Qualification framework
- 10WHAT IS THE NQF SYSTEM.It is an organised system for the different types of qualifications in South Africa.
- 11WHAT DOES SAQA STAND FORSouth African Qualifications Authority
- 12WHAT DO THE NQF LEVELS RANGE FROM?1-10; 4 being a NSC pass
- 13WHAT DO THE CREDITS STAND FOR ON THE NQF?The credits stand for the minimum amount of hours required to complete that qualification.
- 14HOW MUCH DOES 1 CREDIT STAND FOR?1= 10 hours
- 15WHAT DOES TVET STAND FOR.Technical, Vocational, Education and Training
- 16WHAT ARE TVET COLLEGES?The subjects done here are more technically focused subjects and are centred on the specific hands-on skills needed to preform specific jobs.
- 17WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE ACHIEVED AT TVET COLLEGES AND WHAT DO THEY QUALIFY YOU FOR?You receive a mcv or the NATED which counts basically as a higher certificate and qualify you to study a diploma or an advanced diploma.
- 18WHAT ARE THE ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR TVET COLLEGES?You need a pass in Gr 9 or above; 16 years old.
- 19PROVIDE 2 EXAMPLES OF TVET COLLEGES.-Boland College
-College of Cape Town - 20WHAT ARE THE TWO IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF GENERAL ADMISSION AT ALL INSTITUTIONS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF?-Admissions Points Score (APS)
-National Benchmark Test (NBTs) - 21WHAT ARE APS SCORES USED FOR?They are used by institutions as a minimum requirement to determine quickly if your application will be considered for admission or not.
- 22HOW DO YOU CALCULATE YOUR APS SCORE?Each percentage you get for 3 compulsory and 3 elective subjects get a score based on the university's individual APS calculation system and then those are added up to get your total APS score.
- 23WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF NBTS?It is to test learners on their academic readiness for further education and whether the learners will cope with the standard of work required from them at that institution.
- 24WHAT ARE THE TWO NBT TESTS?-AQL: Academic Quantitive Literacy (compulsory)
-MAT: Math Core (optional) - 25WHAT DOES THE AQL TEST AND WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?It test language proficiency, comprehension and some logic-based skills; IT CONSISTS OF TWO SECTIONS; AL ( Academic Literacy & QL (Quantitive literacy)
- 26WHAT DOES AL AND QL SPECIFICALLY TEST IN THE AQL TEST?-AL test the ability to understand the meaning and application of text
-QL tests the capacity to understand basic numerical concepts - 27WHAT DOES THE MAT TEST?It is only required for certain degrees and basically tests what you learn in pure math.
- 28WHAT ARE THE 4 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE LEARNERS CAN LOOK AT WHEN LOOKING TO STUDY AFTER SCHOOL?-study loan
-scholarship
-bursary
-learnership - 29WHAT CAN YOU GET WHEN APPLYING FOR A STUDY LOAN?A study loan is where you borrow money mainly from a bank or financial institution with the intent to pay it back with interest; the specifics of how much interest in what time is depending on the loan. You also need a person to sign surety- financially stable person who agrees to take responsibility for you debt if you can no longer pay it back.
- 30WHAT ARE THE OBLIGATIONS OF A STUDY LOAN?You must pay the money back with interest and need a surety to sign with you.
- 31WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP?Students get awarded scholarships based on excellent performance in a specific area such as culture, academics sport etc. They are not required to pay this money back as it was awarded to them but they are required to maintain a certain level of excellence to keep the payments. It also may not cover the full amount needed by the student but helps cover majority of it.
- 32WHAT ARE THE OBLIGATIONS OF A SCHOLARSHIP?They are required to maintain the same level of excellence they achieved to obtain the scholarship in the first place.
- 33WHAT COMES WITH GETTING A BURSARY?Bursaries cover a learners tuition, study equipment, accommodation and sometimes pocket money. Some cases you will need to pay the money back but in most you are expected you back in back in service by working for that company. If you the learner fails a module they might be expected to pay for it themselves.
- 34WHAT ARE THE OBLIGATIONS OF A BURSARY?You are required to either pay but most of the time pay back via working for that company; paying in service and you are required to pass.
- 35WHAT ARE 2 OTHER OPTIONS SPECIFICALLY AVAILABLE IN SOUTH AFRICA?-Funza Lushaka: specifically for teaching funded by the government; work at a government school to pay back via your service
-NSFAS: funded by the government; pay it back once you are employed earning a minimum of R30 000 a year, if you achieve well you might be able to convert 40% into a bursary and not pay it back - 36WHAT IS A LEARNERSHIP?It is a work-based program that pays you while you study, you end up studying some of the theory you need at a specific institution while putting the theory into practise in the workplace.
- 37WHAT DOES SETA STAND FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO?Sector Education and Training Authorities; they are responsible for bridging the skills gap in South Africa and they facilitate and fund learnership programs.
- 38WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A LEARNERSHIP?-you have better employment opportunities; employers tend to look for experienced workers
-job performance may be improved; you've already done the work
-you obtain a nationally recognised qualification
-you receive money for the duration of the learnership
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