GETC-ABET Level 4 (NQF L1)

GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CERTFICATE (NQF1)

The General Education and Training Certificate (GETC) comprises the first band of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF1). GETC is the same as a NQF level 1 qualification. To acquire a General Education and Training Certificate, students need to obtain a minimum of 120 credits at AET level 4.

To be deemed competent in a specific learning area and to award the full credit value of a learning area, a student needs to achieve 40% in both the summative and formative assessment components as set out in the GETC(NQF1) National Assessment Guidelines. A GETC (NQF1) will be awarded on achievement of a minimum of 120 credits obtained from learning areas in the fundamental, core and elective categories according to certain rules of combination.

The purpose of the Qualification is to equip learners with foundational learning by acquiring knowledge, skills and values in specified Learning Areas. In addition, it also allows learners to choose Elective Unit Standards which relate to occupational type learning relevant to their area of interest or specialisation. In particular, the purpose of the qualification aims to:

Give recognition to learners who achieve and meet the necessary requirements and competencies as specified in the Exit Level Outcomes and Associated Assessment Criteria.
Provide a solid foundation of general education learning which will help prepare learners and enable them to access Further Education and Training learning and qualifications, particularly occupational workplace-based or vocational qualifications.
Promote lifelong learning to enable learners to continue with further learning.
Prepare learners to function better in society and the workplace.

GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CERTIFICATE (NQF1)

Entrance requirements:

Certified copy of Identity Document (ID)

All prospective students will be interviewed and write an entrance examination in order to be placed in the following AET levels.

Learning programmes:

AET Level 1 (Grade 1-3)

Learning to read and write
Learning to calculate

AET Level 2 (Grade 4-5)

Developing reading and writing skills
Developing numeracy skills

AET Level 3 (Grade 6-7)

Improving reading and writing skills
Improving calculation skills
Obtaining baseline knowledge of GETC content learning areas

AET Level 4 (Grade 8-9)

Obtaining General Education and Training Certificate (GETC) (NQF1)

PROGRESSION

In Sub-levels 1 – 3 progressions is dependent on successful completion of all assessment tasks at 50%
In Sub-level 3 students must write a provincially standardized examination which constitutes 25% of the total assessment.
In level 4, students must do all the nationally set SBA tasks as well as sit for the National GETC: ABET L4 examination.

GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CERTIFICATE (NQF1)

COMBINATION OF LEARNING AREAS

(Full qualification minimum 120 credits)

The following Learning Areas are all accredited:

FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT [Compulsory] 39 CREDITS (Choose only one language and one Mathematical Learning Area)

Language, Literacy and Communication 23 credits (English /Afrikaans / IsiXhosa language)
Mathematical Literacy OR 16 credits
Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences 16 credits

CORE COMPONENT: [Compulsory] 32 CREDITS

Life Orientation 32 credits

ELECTIVE COMPONENT (Optional) 49 CREDITS

(Choose any two electives provided the combined total is not lower than 49 credits)

Academic related Learning Areas

Economic and Management Sciences 21 credits
Additional Language (English / Afrikaans / IsiXhosa) 23 credits
Human and Social Sciences 23 credits
Technology 11 credits
Natural Sciences 15 credits
Arts and Culture 17 credits

Vocational related Learning Areas

Travel and Tourism 38 credits
Information Communication Technology 23 credits
Early Childhood Development 26 credits
Wholesale and Retail 27 credits
Ancillary health Care 45 credits
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise 17 credits
Applied Agriculture & Agriculture technology 20 credits

For further information, please contact:

THE PRINCIPAL, WESTERN CAPE COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING COLLEGE AT:

Phone No: 021 180 1010

e-mail address: wccetc@WC.CETC.edu.za

CENTRAL OFFICE

Office hours: 07:30 -16:00

CONCESSIONS

Concessions related to disabilities of reading, basic spelling, writing and mathematical disorder may be granted in accordance with White Paper 6 on Special Needs Education: Building an Inclusive Education and Training System, 2001. Expertise in the relevant fields of disability.

All requests for concessions must be evaluated by Provincial Education Department internal structures responsible for special education needs, as well as external professional registered expertise in the relevant fields of disability.