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CAREER AND CAREER CHOICES

CAREER AND CAREER CHOICES. TERM 1 WORK. WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT EXPECT:. • Requirements for admission to additional and higher education courses: National Senior Certificate (NSC) requirements for certificate, diploma and degree studies

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CAREER AND CAREER CHOICES

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  1. CAREER AND CAREER CHOICES TERM 1 WORK

  2. WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT EXPECT: • • Requirements for admission to additional and higher education courses: National Senior Certificate (NSC) requirements • for certificate, diploma and degree studies • - Evaluating additional and higher education options: Admission Score Points for institutions of higher learning and • admission requirements for specific programmes/courses • • Options for financial assistance: bursaries, study loans, scholarships, learnerships and SETAs • - Obligations in terms of financial arrangements

  3. UNIT 1 : REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO ADDITIONAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES TYPES OF QUALIFICATIONS • HIGHER EDUCATION TAKES PLACE IN HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS • UNIVERSITIES – STUDY MOSTLY FOR DEGREES FOR PROFESSIONS LIKE MEDICINE ECT • UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY – STUDY MOSTLY FOR CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS OR TECHNOLOGY DEGREES – THESE QUALIFICATIONS ARE PRACTICAL AND LEAD STRAIGHT TO JOB OR CAREER • COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITIES – OFFER BOTH UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY QUALIFICATIONS

  4. THE COURSE AND THE INSTITUTION THAT YOU STUDY AT DEPENDS ON VARIOUS FACTORS. • ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING: • WHAT ARE MY INTERESTS? • WHAT QUALIFICATION DO I WANT TO STUDY FOR? • WHAT WAS MY MATRIC RESULTS? • WHAT COURSES DO I QUALIFY FOR? • WHAT CAN I AFFORD TO STUDY? • DO I WANT TO WORK AND STUDY AT THE SAME TIME?

  5. DIFFERENT QUALIFICATIONS • A HIGHER CERTIFICATE • ENABLED TO WORK IN A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY • PROVIDES INTRODUCTARY KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES • FOCUS ON HOW TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORKPLACE • INCLUDES WORK EXPERIENCE • ENABLES YOU TO DO A SPECIFIC JOB • ENABLES YOU TO STUDY FURTHER TO GAIN AN ADVANCED CERTIFICATE • ALLOWS YOU TO GET CREDITS IF YOU WANT TO STUDY FOR DIPLOMA OR DEGREE • CREDITS- POINTS YOU GET FOR COURSES/ CLASSES COMPLETED

  6. 2. A DIPLOMA • ENABLES YOU TO WORK IN A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY • FOCUS ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND HOW TO APPLY THEM IN A PARTICULAR FIELD • PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE • USUALLY INCLUDES PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE WORKPLACE • ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER SEVERAL CAREER PATHS IN A PARTICULAR FIELD • ENABLES YOU TO STUDY FURTHER FOR AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA OR BACHELOR’S DEGREE

  7. 3. A BACHELOR’S DEGREE • PROVIDES BROAD EDUCATION • FOCUS ON PRINCIPLES, THEORY AND RESEARCH • ENABLES YOU TO FOLLOW A CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL • ENALBLES YOU TO STUDY FURTHER FOR A POSTGRADUATE DEGREE LIKE HONOURS OR MASTERS • ENABLES YOU TO SPECIALISE AND STUDY FOR AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA – EG BSC QUALIFICATION + ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION = SCIENCE TEACHER • REMEMBER: HIGHER CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS AND BACHELORS DEGREES ARE KNOWN AS ENTRY LEVEL QUALIFICATION – IF YOU WANT TO STUDY FURTHER. • NQF = NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK – SEE PG 45 TABLE 1

  8. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO ADDITIONAL COURSES: FET COLLEGES • FET COLLEGES OFFER VOCATIONAL COURSES – GETS YOU READY FOR PARTICULAR JOB OR EMPLOYMENT • MANY FET COLLEGE STUDENTS FIND WORK FASTER THAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS • FET COLLEGES FOCUS ON SCARE SKILLS AND CAREERS – HAVE LINKS WITH INSTITUTIONS AND CORPRATE WORLD. • COURSES ARE PRACTICAL WITH SOME THEORY – HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND REAL LIFE APPLICATION – REAL WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE • SOME FET COLLEGES ARE ACCEPTED AT UNI SO YOU CAN STUDY FURTHER • ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS VARY, DEPENDING ON THE COURSE

  9. PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS FOR NSC • NSC – NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (MATRIC CERTIFICATE) YOU NEED THE FOLLOWING TO PASS • ONE HOME LANGUAGE – 40% • TWO OTHER SUBJECTS – 40% • THREE SUBJECTS – 30% YOU MAY ONLY FAIL ONE SUBJECT ( LESS THAN 30%) IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENTS IN THIS SUBJECT – ALL THE SCHOOL PROJECTS/ TESTS/ ASSIGNMENTS FOR THIS SUBJECT.

  10. ADMISSION POINT SCORE (APS ) • SEE TABLE 2 ON PAGE 47 • ADMISSION TO HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS DEPEND ON APS • NOTE: FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS , THE APS HAS TWO SCORES WHILE THE NSC HAS ONLY ONE NSC SUBJECTS • SEE TABLE 4 PAGE 47 • THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF SUBJECT • COMPULSARY SUBJECTS – TABLE 3 PG 47 • DESIGNATED SUBJECTS – TABLE 5 (EXAMPLES) PG 48

  11. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO STUDY FOR HIGHER CERTIFICATE, DIPLOMA, OR DEGREE • SEE TABLE 6 PG 48 – THESE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS BY LAW • SOME COURSES/ INSTITUTIONS REQUIRE SPECIFIC COMBINATIONS OF SUBJECTS OR HIGHER APS SCORES • NO INSTITUTION WILL ACCEPT YOU IF YOU ONLY ACHIEVE THE MIN FOR ALL YOUR SUBJECTS • YOU MUST ACHIEVE ATLEAST 30% FOR THE LANUAGE THAT THE INSTITUTION USES FOR TEACHING, TRAINING AND LEARNING

  12. NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS (NBT) • YOU MAY BE ASKED TO WRITE THE NBT. THERE ARE 2 TESTS – YOU CAN BE ASKED TO WRITE ONE OR BOTH • THE AQL TEST – MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST – 3HRS AND 5 MINUTES CONSISTS OF: • ACADEMIC LITERACY TEST – TESTS LANGUAGE SKILLS, VOCABULARY, EVALUATE EVIDENCE, DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND PICK OUT MAIN IDEAS • QUANTITATIVE LITERACY TEST – TEST ABILITY TO APPLY FORMULAE, READ AND INTERPRET GRAPHS, CHARTS TABLES , MEASUREMENT AND LOGICAL REASONING

  13. 2. MATHEMATICS (MAT) – 3HRS – MULTIPLE CHOICE BASED ON GR12 CURRICULUM. • YOU WIL WRITE THIS TEST IF YOUR COURSE INCLUDES ANY MATHEMATICS SUBJECT. • YOU CAN WRITE THESE TESTS BEFORE THE MATRIC FINAL EXAM SO YOU CAN APPLY FOR BURSARIES AND COURSES AT INSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. • YOUR RESULTS WILL THEN BE COMBINED WITH YOUR NSC RESULTS AND WILL DETERMINE WHERE YOU SHOULD BE PLACED: REGULAR, BRIDGING OR FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES • IT WILL ALSO HELP BURSARY PROVIDERS TO DECIDE WETHER OR NOT TO HELP YOU.

  14. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR SPESIFIC COURSES OR PROGRAMMES • DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN SOME INSTITUTIONS HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSIONS. THEY: • GIVE EXTRA POINTS FOR PASSING DESIGNATED SUBJECTS • GIVE EXTRA POINTS FOR ENG HOME LANGUAGE OR ENGLISH FAL AND MATHEMATICS • REQUIRE YOU TO WRITE THE NBT

  15. OPTIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TYPES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE • BURSARIES • BURSARIES ARE GIVEN FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE • BURSARIES ARE GIVEN BY STUDY INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES OR BUSINESSES, SOME MUNICIPALITIES • COMPANIES GIVE BURSARIES FOR COURSES RELATED TO WHAT THEY DO • LOOK FOR THE BURSARY REGISTER THAT GIVES YOU A FULL LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE BURSARIES. • SEE RESOURCES ON PAGE 51

  16. HOW TO FINANCE YOUR FET COLLEGE STUDIES THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFERS FET COLLEGE BURSARIES THE REQUIREMENTS ARE: • SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENSHIP • ENROLLED OR INTENDING TO REGISTER FOR A NATIONAL CERTIFICATE (VOCATIONAL / NCV) • IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISSTANCE • SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, EG. PASSING MARKS IN GR11 AND GR12

  17. 2. STUDY LOANS MONEY LENT BY BANK TO FINANCE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES YOU NEED TO BE REGISTERED AT A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE TO GET A STUDY LOAN APPLY AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS: • BANKS: USUALLY A PARENT OR SPONSOR APPLIES FOR YOU – THIS PERSON MUST BE FINANCIALLY STABLE • EDULOAN: THESE LOANS COVER COURSE FEES, REGISTRATION, TEXTBOOKS AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS. • NATIONAL STUDENT FINANCIAL SCHEME (NSFAS) : FOR STUDENTS WHO SHOW THAT THEY WILL SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR STUDIES. IF YOU DO WELL YOU CAN GET 40% OF WHAT YOU BORROWED.

  18. 3. SCHOLARSHIPS MONEY THAT A COMPANY, BUSINESS, ORGANISATION AWARDS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU DID WELL IN ACADEMICS OR SPORT. 4. LEARNERSHIPS AND SETA’S LEARNERSHIP: JOB THAT PAYS WHILE YOU STUDY. OFTEN DON’T GET A FULL SALARY BUT A SMALLER ALLOWANCE SETA: SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUTHORITY AFRICA HAS 21 SETA’S FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRIES THE LEARNERSHIP PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED BY SETA A CONTRACT IS SIGNED BETWEEN YOU AND INSTITUTION – CONTRACT ENDS WHEN QUALIFICATION IS OBTAINED.

  19. OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS • BURSARIES • USUALLY DON’T HAVE TO PAY BACK UNLESS YOU FAIL. YOU MAY HAVE TO WORK FOR THE COMPANY AFTER YOU FINISH – CONTRACT BURSARY. 2. SCHOLARSHIPS • YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY BACK MUST YOU MUST DO WELL IN YOUR STUDIES 3. LEARNERSHIPS • YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR A LEARNERSHIP

  20. 4. STUDY LOANS • FROM BANK – PAY MONEY BACK + INTEREST • FROM COMPANY – THEY MAY WANT YOU TO WORK FOR THEM WHEN STUDIES ARE FINISHED. • FROM NSFAS – YOU START TO REPAY WHEN YOU EARN R30 000 OR MORE A YEAR. THEN YOU PAY 3% OF YOUR ANNUAL SALARY, THE MORE YOU EARN, THE MORE YOU PAY. • -

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