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In South Africa, the grading system used in secondary schools until 2008 (when the education minister implemented Outcomes Based Education or OBE curriculum) was as follows: Format: Code [x] ([Symbol]): [y]% - [z]%
An alternative Matric examination is offered by the Independent Examinations Board (IEB), a body representing various of the private schools in South Africa. Foreign grade 12 equivalent qualifications are also accepted. Many home educated learners write foreign grade 12 equivalent examinations. [citation needed]
In South Africa, some universities follow a model based on the British system. Thus, at the University of Cape Town and the University of South Africa (UNISA), the percentages are calibrated as follows: a first-class pass is given for 75% and above, a second (division one) for 70–74%, a second (division two) for 60–69%, and a third for 50–59%.
South Africa - National Senior Certificate (NSC) and National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV). Zimbabwe - ZIMSEC GCE Advanced Level; ZIMSEC GCE Ordinary Level, a prerequisite to the GCE Advanced Level. Eswatini - Eswatini General Certificate of Secondary Education (EGCSE)
In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858.
Geography (Southern Africa) No Yes — South Africa only — CIE 2230 Geography (Brunei) Yes Yes — Brunei only — CIE 2235 Geography (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes last exam in 2014 syllabus: CIE 2236 Geography (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Available from 2014 syllabus: CIE 2251 Sociology: Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0495 link: CIE 2267
The DBE officially groups grades into two "bands" called General Education and Training (GET), which includes Grade R (South Africa's equivalent of Kindergarten [13]) plus Grades 1 to 9, and Further Education and Training (FET), which includes Grades 10 to 12 as well as non-higher education vocational training facilities.
The international version of the GCSE is the IGCSE, which can be taken anywhere in the world and includes additional options relating to coursework and the language the qualification is pursued in. All subjects completed in the fifth of the European Baccalaureate are generally equivalent to the GCSE subjects.