36 UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE FOR ADULTS (NASCA) Background: NASCA allows learners with incomplete Senior Certificate credits, as well as adult learners 18 years and older, to complete their Senior Certificate. 1. An adult learner must register for and write subjects in the National Senior Certificate for Adults: A qualification at level 4 on the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Sub-framework of the NQF as prescribed below in order to satisfy the certification requirements set out in paragraph 13 of the Government Gazette, 2 September 2014, NO 37965: a. Register for and write an external examination in a minimum of two (2) compulsory subjects to be selected from both (i) and (ii): i. One language from Organising Field 4, Communication Studies and Language; ii. Either Mathematics or Quantitative Literacy from Organising Field 10, Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences; b. Register for and write a minimum of two additional (2) subjects, selected from amongst the following: i. An additional official language; ii. Natural Sciences from Organising Field 10, Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences; iii. Information and Communication Technology from Organising Field 10, Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences; iv.Human and Social Sciences from Organising Field 7, Human and Social Studies; v. Economic and Management Sciences from Organising Field 3 c. No endorsement is indicated on the certificate. NASCA is a certificate of competence per se. Admission requirements for National Senior Certificate for Adults (NASCA) National Senior Certificate for Adults (NASCA) candidates will only be considered for Diploma programmes. Selection criteria: a. Senate Discretionary Conditional Admission for applicants who have successfully completed the NASCA and who have applied for admission to an Extended Diploma or Diploma in FADA provided that: 1. The applicant meets the following minimum subject requirements: 2. English 60% APS 5 3. Maths 60% APS 5 or 4. Maths Lit 70% APS 6 5. The applicant complete a PsyCaD assessment; obtaining an unconditional recommendation; and 6. The relevant Director of School recommend the admission. b. Applicants may also be required to write a placement/aptitude test to evaluate their learning potential for the relevant programme/s. c. Selection is based on academic merit and the availability of places and hence specific selection criteria may be applied within the required Enrolment Management Plan as the University has a specific number of places available as approved by the Department of Higher Education and Training for new undergraduate first year students. AMENDED SENIOR CERTIFICATE (SC(a)) Background: The following learners will qualify for admission to the Amended Senior Certificate: a. Adult learners who are 21 years and older who have: 1. A General Education and Training Certificate (GETC); or 2. A Grade 9 school report (or the old standard seven), stating that they have passed Grade 9 or Standard 7; or 3. A recognised equivalent qualification obtained at NQF Level which requires two official languages; b. Adult learners who are 21 years and older with an incomplete Senior Certificate qualification; c. Adult learners who are 21 years and older with an incomplete National Senior Certificate and whose School-Based Assessment (SBA) validity has expired; d. Only in exceptional cases, out of school youth, who are 18-21 years old and who could not complete their school education due to circumstances beyond their control, as verified by the Head of Department in the Provincial Education Department. To be awarded the Amended Senior Certificate (SC(a)) a learner has to complete six subjects and obtain the following minimum results: a. Pass three subjects at 40%, one of which must be an official language at Home Language level; b. Pass two subjects at 30%, one of which must be an official language at First Additional or Home Language level; c. Obtain a subminimum of 20% in the sixth subject. No endorsement is indicated on the certificate as subjects might be a combination of NC (until 2007) and NSC (from 2008) subjects.
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