A learner may register for admission to the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), national examination if he/she complies with the following requirements:

(Centre Managers should encourage learners to apply for their ID documents when they enrol at their centres.)

A candidate who does not comply with the above requirements and wishes to be accredited for learning may present himself or herself for accreditation via the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process when structures and approved tools are in place to implement RPL.

For a candidate to write the ABET Level 4 examination, he/she must register with an examining body in the province he/she resides in, before the prescribed date. A learner may register for as many learning areas as he/she wants. Adult learners may present themselves for external assessment when ready.

Candidates must register at least 4 to 6 months prior to the assessments to allow for registration details to be captured, corrected and feedback will be given back to learners. The ABET Centre Manager is responsible for the submission of entries of candidates at a date to be determined by the examining body.

The changing of learning areas on an examination entry will not be permitted after the provisional entry list has been resubmitted to the examining body.

The accurate capture of registration details of the candidate is fundamental to the processing of the candidate’s final results and therefore examining bodies must ensure that candidate’s information is accurately captured. The information furnished on the entry forms must be processed and sent to examination centres for checking prior to the examination date. Final amendments should be made at this stage. The format of the entry form and the detailed procedure to be followed in the registration, correlation and de-registration of candidates should be determined by each province.

The Centre Manager may recommend to the Provincial Head of Department the cancellation of an entry of a candidate d e r the entry has been accepted, if the candidate is found guilty of misconduct.

(No policy on deregistration)

Transfer of candidates from one Province to the other may be mutually agreed upon by the examining bodies concerned.

In respect of unregistered candidates who present themselves for an examination the following will apply:

All learners attending provincial adult learning centres should be obliged to write the ABET Level 4 Examinations of the provincial education departments, except in cases where the learning areas studied by the learner is not examined by the provincial education department and/or in cases where the provincial education departments in collaboration with other examining bodies are involved in development work that will be beneficial in the long term to the development of public examinations. In such cases the learner/adult learner centres would' be obliged to obtain written permission from the Head of the Department.

The Member of the Executive Council (MEC) may, in consultation with the provincial Treasury, determine the fees that the candidate have to pay in respect of the ABET examinations.

The Member of the Executive Council (MEC) may levy a fee for the remarking of an examination answer book. If a candidate who has formerly failed, passes after the re-marking of his/her examination answer book, or if a candidate obtains a distinction, the fee should be refunded to the candidate. If a candidate obtains a condonation, the fees will not be refunded.

The Member of the Executive Council (MEC) may levy a fee for the viewing of scripts.

Examining bodies must draft an examination manual, which must be approved by the Head of Department in the province. The manual must address matters relating to the administration of the examinations.

The CASS marks should be submitted by the examination centres to the examining body a month before the examinations start. The CASS marks should be subjected to a moderation mechanism put in place by the provincial examinations and assessment sub-directorates and to the South African Certification Council (SAFCERT) standardisation process.

The CASS mark will remain on the database to the learner's credit until the learner writes and passes the examination Likewise, an examination mark will also remain on the database until the candidate provides a CASS mark, or whole the candidate tries to improve on the CASS mark.

The details relating to the pass requirements in the ABET level 4 examination are contained in A Resumé of Instructional Programmes in Public Schools, and ABET centres Report 550 (97/06).

Based on a learner's performance, SAFCERT will determine competence and award applicable documentation as evidence.

A learner, who absents himself/herself from the external examination for whatever reason, will have to register again for the provincial examination in the learning area/s from which he/she was absent.