High School Qualifications - Intec College

1 high SCHOOLB uild your future the Intec wayHigh SchoolQualifications2 ContentsStudying at Home with Intec 3 National Senior Certificate Grade 10 5 National Senior Certificate Grade 11 9 National Senior Certificate Grade 12 13 National Senior Certificate Grade 12 17 Repeat Learners National Senior Certificate Minimum Higher Education Admission Requirements 19 National Senior Certificate Subject 21 Selection for Grade 10, 11 & 12 International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) NEW 23 Advanced Subsidiary (AS Level) NEW 253 Studying at Home with INTECD istance learning (studying at home) is a very effective way ofobtaining your high School qualification . Below is a guide to studying the Intec way: Select your course of study. Make sure that you meet the entrance requirements for this course. Feel free to contact a Student Consultant, who will answer any queries you might have.

2 Complete the enrolment form and return it to us as soon as possible! Once we have received your enrolment form, other necessary documentation and payment, your study material and textbooks will be sent to you. Read your textbooks carefully. They will help you develop the skills that you need to be a successful student. Your assignments will be marked by your tutor. The graded assignments and comments will be posted back to you. During this time, you will be working on your next assignment, continuing the study cycle. Submit your assignments for marking by the dates prescribed by the College . Feel free to contact Intec s Call Centre (0860 31 31 31) should you require any assistance or have any questions for your tutor. Your tutor is there to give you valuable feedback in order to help you improve your results. Be sure to register for your examinations before the registration closing PackINTEC College offers you a welcome pack to get you started, including a year planner and important information about your the right choicesNational Senior CertificateThe National Senior Certificate (NSC) is a 3 year programme that consists of Grade 10, 11 and 12.

3 This means that each Grade has to be completed and passed separately. A National Senior Certificate will be awarded to you after successful completion of the National Senior Certificate Grade 12 examinations. The final examinations in Grade 12 will be administered by an external assessment body accredited by UMALUSI. The National Senior Certificate is awarded by UMALUSI. (The National Senior Certificate is the minimum requirement for entrance to higher education). qualification (IGCSE and AS Level)Students and educators have expressed the need for a wider curriculum specifically tailored to international needs. Intec College offers you the opportunity of Cambridge internationally recognised learning programmes that are equivalent to Grade 10, 11 (IGCSE) and Grade 12 (AS Levels). The curricula are set, and examinations administered, by the University of Cambridge, who are world leaders in educational assessment. 5 National Senior Certificate Grade 10 Start your high School experience with Intec College by enrolling for Grade 10.

4 This course has been designed to give you the grounding you need to embark onto Grade RequirementsYou must have a certified, official Grade 9 School report that indicates promotion to Grade 10, or a General Education and Training Certificate (GETC) for Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET), or a NQF Level 1 Certificate, or a recognised equivalent qualification obtained at NQF Level DurationYour study period for this course is 24 months. You can however complete it within 12 months if you work hard and consistently. Learners are required to complete ALL their assessments with-in a calendar year. This means, that you will start your studies in January / February and write your final examinations in October / November. Should you enrol AFTER 15 February you may not sit for the final examinations in that same year. You may however continue working through the study mate-rial, but ALL assessments may only be done the following year the year in which you will write your final examinations.

5 Subject Selection ProcessYour subject selection for Grade 10, 11 and 12 has to be the same. You are not allowed to have different subject selections for different grades. It is therefore important for you to give careful consideration to your subject choice in Grade 10. Make sure that you choose the subjects that you will need for the career that you want to pursue beyond Grade SelectionSubjects are available in English only. 2 Languages from Group A must be chosen, one of which must be a Home language. Mathematics OR Mathematical Literacy AND Life Orientation are compulsory. Mathematical Literacy may not be chosen with Physical Sciences or Agricultural Sciences. Mathematics must be chosen with Physical Sciences. We strongly recommend that you choose Mathematics with to page 21 & 22 for possible career paths and to choose your subjects you need assistance, do not hesitate to contact a Student Assessment (CASS) Continuous Assessment is assessment that takes place throughout the year.

6 It consists of various types of assessment tasks such as research projects, controlled tests, investigation tasks, written reports etc. All assessments for Grade 10, will be internally conducted by Intec College . You will be provided with a study schedule (which can be found in your study guide) AND an assessment timetable, which will be in the enrolment pack that you will receive after enrolment. The assessment timetable will also be available on the College website. All continuous assessment tasks have to be completed and submitted for marking within the timeframes pre-scribed by the College . The CASS mark contributes 25% towards your total mark and the final examination contributes 75% towards your total TestsYou must write controlled tests for all the subjects that you are studying. This will be in addition to the examinations that will also be written for each subject that you are studying. Controlled tests are tests that take place under supervised, examination conditions.

7 It is a shorter version of an examination. The dates and times for controlled tests will be posted on the College website when it is available. It will also be in the enrolment pack that you will receive after enrolment. Controlled test venues will be provided in major centres in each province. All controlled tests and examinations for the subjects that you are studying must be written in the same year. Controlled tests will NOT be in your study guide. You will be provided with a study schedule, which can be found in your study guide. 7 Life Orientation One of the tasks that you have to complete for Life Orientation, is a Physical Education Task (PET). This task has to be completed in three parts; one during each of the first three terms of the year. You will be required to have face-to-face contact sessions with a Life Orientation educator for the evaluation of your Physical Education Task (PET). Additional information for the completion of this task is available from the Component for Languages You will be required to do an assessment for the Oral component of the languages that you are studying.

8 These will be face-to-face contact sessions with qualified language educators. The assessment for the Oral component for languages is a formal examination that is compulsory. It will form part of your CASS mark and part of your final examination mark. The dates on which the oral examinations will take place will be in your enrolment pack. Venues at which oral examinations will take place, will be provided by Intec College . Learner Evidence of Performance File / Portfolio You must, as part of your studies, compile (put together) a portfolio for each subject. A portfolio for a particular subject will contain all the required continuous assessment tasks/assignments that you have completed (and that have been marked by the College ) for each subject. You must keep your portfolio for each subject, neatly filed in a safe place for the duration of your studies (and at least 6 months afterwards), because the College may, at any time, request that you submit it for moderation.

9 Your portfolio will be internally moderated by the College AND externally moderated by an external assessment body like the Department of The final examination for grade 10 contributes 75% towards your final mark. Your progress to Grade 11 is determined by the final examination mark for each subject, as well as the marks obtained for continuous assessment. Your final examination for Grade 10 will be an internal examination administered by Intec College . Examination venues will be provided in major centres in each province. Examination fees are excluded from your enrolment fees. Examination fees are R430 per subject and are subject to change. You will be examined and assessed on prescribed literature for all languages that you select. Prescribed textbooks and additional study aids for prescribed literature are not included in the course. You will need to source and purchase prescribed literature textbooks and additional study aids from external suppliers or publishers.

10 Upon successful completion of Grade 10, you will be issued with a progress report. Final examinations for Grade 10 will be conducted in October / November only. Minimum pass requirements You need to complete all the required assessments for 7 subjects, 4 of which are compulsory subjects, and are called fundamentals. The other three subjects are called electives. The Fundamentals are: A Home Language, A First Ad-ditional Language, Life Orientation, Mathematics OR Mathematical Literacy. You need to obtain 40% for 3 subjects, one of which must be a Home Language. The other 2 can be any other 2 subjects. You will be required to obtain 30% for 3 other summary: You need to pass 3 subjects with 40 % (of which one must be a Home Language) and 3 with 30%. Even though you need not meet the minimum pass requirement (30%) for the 7th subject , you MUST have completed all the continuous assessment requirements , including examinations for the 7th subject, in order to be considered for promotion to the next Senior Certificate Grade 11 The Grade 11 Course is an important stepping stone to obtaining the National Senior Certificate.