• What is the equivalent of NQF Level 4? The short answer is that a National Senior Certificate or Matric Certificate is equivalent to an NQF Level 4 Equivalent, also known as a National Vocational Certificate. They can both be used to apply for future studies because they are equivalent.

Is the NQF level 4 a degree?

• The NQF has ten levels and three bands; Levels 1 through 4 represent vocational training or high school grades 9 to 12, levels 5 through 7 represent technical qualifications and college diplomas, and levels 7 to 10 represent university degrees.

National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) Guidelines

The minimum admission requirement for a Bachelor’s degree program is a National Certificate (Vocational) Level 4 issued by the Council for General and Further Education and Training, subject to institutional admission requirements. One of the minimum legal requirements for admission to a Bachelor’s degree program is completing the following:

• Three fundamental subjects with a range of 60 to 69 percent (including English as the language of instruction at Wits) and three vocational subjects with a range of 70 to 79 percent from the designated list

If an applicant holds an NCV, he or she may be asked to take a test, provided that he or she has satisfied the mandatory institutional requirements as well as the requirements specific to the faculty and the degree. A candidate must possess:

• Taken English as either Language of Learning and Teaching or as the First Additional language
• Taken Mathematics as a Fundamental Component
• Achieved 70 – 79% (4) for all seven subjects – in fundamental and vocational categories.

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