NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS for 2013 …

1 1 NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS for 2013 university OF FORT HARE APPLICANTS Dear Prospective Student You are required to write the NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS (NBTs) as part of the 2013 university of Fort Hare s admissions process. The NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS are used to inform placement decisions, curriculum development and academic support programmes. The NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS were commissioned by Higher Education South Africa (HESA) and reflect almost ten years of research and collaboration among leading content specialists and researchers from Institutions of Higher Education across South Africa. The NBT Project is managed by the Alternative Admissions Research Project in the Centre for Higher Education Development at the university of Cape Town. The NBTs are an assessment of prospective first year applicants into Higher Education. The assessment was designed to measure a writer s levels of proficiency in Academic Literacy, Quantitative Literacy and Mathematics as related to the demands of tertiary study.

2 The NBTs also provide information to assist in the placement of students in appropriate curricular routes ( regular, augmented, extended, bridging or foundation programmes) and with the development of curriculum for Higher Education programmes. In addition, they assist Higher Education to interpret school-leaving results, such as those of the NATIONAL Senior Certificate (NSC) 2 THE FOLLOWING TESTS MUST BE WRITTEN BY PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS: If you are applying to the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities you must write the Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy (AQL) ONLY. If you are applying to the Faculty of Science and Agriculture and the Faculty of Management and Commerce you must write BOTH the Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy (AQL) AND the Mathematics (MAT). Faculty to which you are applying NBT Law AQL Education AQL Social Science and Humanities AQL Science and Agriculture AQL and MAT Management and Commerce AQL and MAT HOW TO REGISTER TO WRITE THE NBT: You can register to write the NBT online or by cell phone: To register online you have to access the website Read the instructions, then click on Register to Write.

3 Once you have filled in all of the information required, click SUBMIT . Your acknowledgement letter and EasyPay barcode number will be available for you to download. You must then take this letter or your EasyPay barcode number to an EasyPay paypoint to pay the testing fee. To register on your cell phone, access the website and follow the prompts. This facility is used in exactly the same way as you would with mxit , facebook , etc. To access your acknowledgement/EasyPay letter you may: (1) enter your email address and the acknowledgement letter will be sent automatically; or (2) log onto the NBT website and print the acknowledgement letter; OR (3) enter your cellphone number and you will receive only your EasyPay barcode number (not the full letter). 3 Most EasyPay paypoints will accept the EasyPay barcode number only, but there are some that accept only the full letter. Remember to enter your cell number so that you receive the EasyPay barcode number.

4 HOW AND WHERE TO PAY FOR THE TESTS : Once you have registered you must use your EasyPay barcode number to pay the testing fee at any EasyPay point (in ZAR ONLY). The testing fee is not refundable. FEES AQL fee AQL & MAT fee You can pay at any of the following EasyPay points: Best Electric Checkers Internet on (click on options to Pay Bills or Buy Prepaid) Lewis Lifestyle Living MTN Banking s Mobile Money product via cellular handsets (MTN Subscribers only) Call Centre: 0831 2265 to open an account. Pick and Pay Selected Spar, Score and Boxer stores Selected Petroleum and Convenience stores Shoprite Woolworths Wizzit Bank via mobile handsets (Call Centre 0861 949 948) Your EasyPay payment advice/till-slip must be kept in a safe place and must be produced at the test venue. It is advisable to keep a copy of the EasyPay payment advice/till slip as proof of registration. WHEN AND WHERE TO WRITE THE NBT: You will be asked to choose a test date and venue when you register to write the NBT (see the table of test sites and dates).

5 You may write at any test site and on any date TESTS sites and dates: NBT Test Sites 2013 Admission Cycle 26 May 9 June 10 June 23 June 30 June 6 July 7 July 8 July 21 July 22 July 4 Aug 18 Aug 19 Aug 1 Sep 15 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 13 Oct 14 Oct 1 Dec 11 Jan 12 Jan EASTERN CAPE Port Elizabeth: NMMU Rhodes university : Grahamstown YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UFH: Alice Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UFH: Bisho Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES UFH: East London Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES WSU: Butterworth Campus WSU: Mthatha Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES WSU: Queenstown Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Port Elizabeth: Varsity College YES YES Port Elizabeth: UBUNTU Centre YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Aliwal North HS YES YES YES YES King Hintsa FET: Butterworth FREE STATE UFS: Bloemfontein Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UFS: QwaQwa Campus nbsp; Welkom: Goldfields FET YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Harrismith HS YES YES YES YES YES YES YES GAUTENG UJ: Auckland Park Kingsway YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UJ: Soweto Campus nbsp.

6 UP: Main Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES university of Witwatersrand YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UL: MEDUNSA Campus CUT VUT: Vaal Triangle Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Sandton: Varsity College YES YES Midrand: Varsity College YES YES Pretoria: Varsity College YES YES Johannesburg: VEGA Bordeaux YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Pretoria: VEGA YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 5 East Rand: Eketsang HS YES YES YES YES YES Meyerton: Oprah Academy YES Sandton: Crawford HS YES YES YES YES KWAZULU-NATAL UKZN: Howard College Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES university of ZULULAND MUT: Umlazi YES YES YES Durban Westville: Varsity College YES Pietermaritzburg: Varsity College YES YES Durban: VEGA College YES YES YES YES YES nbsp.

7 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Botha s Hill: Kearsney College YES YES YES YES Varsity College: Durban North YES Newcastle HS YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Pietermaritzburg: Umgungundlovu FET Umzimkulu: Clydesdale YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Ladysmith: Mnambithi FET YES YES YES YES YES YES LIMPOPO UL: Turfloop Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Giyani Science Centre Thohoyandou Technical HS YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES TUT: Polokwane YES YES YES YES YES YES YES MPUMALANGA TUT: Witbank Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Nelspruit: CeFups Academy White River: Uplands College YES YES YES YES VUT: Secunda Campus Piet Retief HS Bushbuckridge: Hoyo Hoyo HS YES YES YES YES Bushbuckridge: Wits Rural Facility Caravilla Hall YES YES NORTH-WEST Mafikeng: International School of SA YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NWU: Mafikeng NWU: Potchefstroom Madikwe: Science Paradigm Foundation Centre YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NORTHERN CAPE Kimberley: Teachers Centre 6 Kurumaan Christian Academy YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Springbok: Steinkopf HS Upington: Duineveldt HS WESTERN CAPE UCT YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES university of Stellenbosch YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES university of Stellenbosch.

8 Tygerberg Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UWC: Bellville Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES CPUT: Bellville Campus YES CPUT: Boland College CPUT: CBD Campus Varsity College, Cape Town YES YES VEGA, Cape Town YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Tsiba Eden: George YES YES YES York HS: George YES YES YES YES YES Luhlaza HS: Khayelitsha YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Spine Road HS: Mitchells Plain YES YES YES YES YES Beaufort West HS YES YES YES INTERNATIONAL Botswana: Maru a Pula, Gaborone Mauritius: Port Louise Namibia: Swakopmund Academy Namibia: Windhoek HS Zimbabwe: Bulawayo: Christian Brothers College YES YES YES Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Girls College 7 DATES FOR WRITING, REGISTERING, PAYING FEES AND OBTAINING NBT RESULTS: Refer to the table below to see the closing dates to register, pay fees and obtain results for each test date.

9 NATIONAL BENCHMARK TESTS 2013 ENTRY CYCLE NBT Writing Sessions Last Day to Register Results Available 26 May 2012 08 May 2012 11 June 2012 9/10*June 2012 22 May 2012 25 June 2012 23 June 2012 05 June 2012 09 July 2012 30 June 2012 12 June 2012 16 July 2012 6**/7/8* July 2012 19 June 2012 23 July 2012 21/22* July 2012 03 July 2012 06 Aug 2012 04 Aug 2012 17 July 2012 20 Aug 2012 18/19* Aug 2012 31 July 2012 03 Sep 2012 01 Sep 2012 14 Aug 2012 17 Sep 2012 15 Sep 2012 28 Aug 2012 01 Oct 2012 28**/29 Sep 2012 11 Sep 2012 15 Oct 2012 13/14* Oct 2012 25 Sep 2012 29 Oct 2012 1 Dec 2012 14 Nov 2012 18 Dec 2012 11**/12 Jan 2013 19 Dec 2012 28 Jan 2013 * Sunday writing session ** Friday writing session NOTE: Registration opens 2 April 2012 online at * Indicates a Sunday Test Session NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR NBT OPENS ON THE 2 APRIL 2012 Fort Hare prospective students consider the following dates for the three campuses. NBT Test Sites 2013 Admission Cycle 26 May 9 June 10 June 23 June 30 June 6 July 7 July 8 July 21 July 22 July 4 Aug 18 Aug 19 Aug 1 Sep 15 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 13 Oct 14 Oct 1 Dec 11 Jan 12 Jan EASTERN CAPE UFH: Alice Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UFH: Bisho Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES UFH: East London Campus YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 8 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: What does NBT assessment involve?

10 There are two NBT TESTS : The Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy (AQL) are combined into one multiple-choice test. The AQL Test is written by ALL UFH applicants. The second test is Mathematics (MAT), and is written by applicants to Faculties of Science and Agriculture and Management and Commerce. The Mathematics test is also multiple choice. The AQL and MAT TESTS are written on the same day. Each test has a time allocation of three hours. The AQL test is written during the morning session, and applicants should be at the test venue by 07h30 (or earlier) on the test date. The Mathematics (MAT) test is written in the afternoon session with a short break between the two TESTS . How can I prepare for the test? No special preparation is required for any of the NBTs. However: The Academic Literacy test (one of two components of the Academic & Quantitative Literacy test) assesses capacity to engage successfully with the demands of academic study in the medium of instruction.