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Admission Requirements

All students will be required to write the competency tests.

Information Communication and Technology (ICT)
Mathematics is compulsory. Learners who do not have Mathematics at school will not be considered.

Engineering programmes
Mathematics is compulsory. Learners, who had Mathematical Literacy at school and achieved an 80% result, will be considered. Students with Grade 12 (passed or failed), or equivalent are the preferred applicants. Where students have passed Grade 9, Grade 10 and Grade 11 they may be considered subject to the results of a competency test. In Engineering, students who do not pass the competency test will be referred to the extended programme.

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• No criminal record
• Not younger than 17 years
• South African Citizen
• No visible tattoos

Being noted that the minimum requirement proposed by the Department of Higher Education for admission in Grade 11.

The admission requirements for other learners (non-NC (V))

• Vertical (Upward movement) articulation requirements must be met on the NQF structure
• Qualification-specific requirements must be met e.g. SETA requirements

All students will be required to submit the following

• A certificate of Good Conduct, from their previous institutions of learning or place of work
• A certified copy of the last school report original must be presented on the application
• 8 certified copies of ID (where a student is 16 years or older) original must be presented on the application

Parents or guardians must accompany the applicant in order to verify the correctness of personal details being given, in the case where students are a minor or where the parent or guardian is providing financial support. Students will be selected according to their potential ability based on their highest qualifications and other relevant factors) to successfully complete the course. The College Council reserves the right to determine this potential.

Students who transfer from another FET College must submit the following
Reason for transfer

• A letter to confirm that they have been de-registered at the previous institution
• A Certified copy of the Identity Document
• A report of their academic history on a College letterhead, including Internal Continuous Assessment (ICASS) and Integrated Summative Assessment (ISAT) results
• The student’s Portfolios of Evidence for all subjects from the previous institution, if transferring during an academic year
• A Certificate of Good Conduct, from their previous institution of learning

Competency Tests – NCV

The purpose of the competency test is to ensure that the student is placed in a programme best suited to his/her ability. A competency test must be completed by the student to determine his/her proficiency in English as it is the medium of instruction in the College. Competency tests are prescribed by the National Department of Education and Training as a requirement for admission and it is imperative that these be conducted in the best interests of students and the College.

Competency tests are also completed in the following subjects

• Mathematics
• Mathematical Literacy
• Vocational subjects, in specialised fields

Students who are not successful in the competency test will be directed toward other study options.

• Port Elizabeth College will apply the 80 % attendance rule, in order to ensure that better academic results and greater discipline are attained in the classroom.
• The consequence of this is that students, who do not attend classes for 80% of the class time upon registration, will not be allowed entry into the examinations.
• This will be reconciled with the respective student’s marks to establish whether they qualify academically.
• Where bursary allocations are less than the demand, the student’s attendance record of the previous year will be taken into consideration for a Bursary.