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O Cert ComputerTechnician MCSA
O Cert Draughtsperson
O Cert Software Developer MCSA
O Cert Software Engineer MCSA
IS-C-OCM IS-D-OCM IS-J-OCM IS-P-OCM
IS-C-OCD IS-D-OCD IS-J-OCD IS-P-OCD
IS-C-OCS IS-D-OCS IS-J-OCS IS-P-OCS
IS-C-OCE
IS-D-OCE IS-J-OCE IS-P-OCE
1 1 yr
Full contact learning is instructor-led, on campus, full-time, practical, and run according to a pre- determined schedule of lectures.
12. INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY (IT) & COMPUTER SCIENCE
1 2 yrs
1
Full contact learning is instructor-led, on campus, full-time, practical, and run according to a pre-deter- mined schedule of lectures.
Programme name
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PRIVATE COLLEGES
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CERTIFICATE STUDY
NSC
Senior Cert
NSC
Senior Cert
N H CERT STUDY
Higher Certificate in Software Development
EM-C-CS2
28 Feb 2026
National Senior Certificate (NSC) with a minimum of 30% in
English Home Language or English First Additional Language; and a minimum of at least 40% for either Mathematics or Information Technology, or a minimum of at least 70% for Mathematical Literacy
1 yr
A minimum of 50% for the compulsory non-credit bearing entry/access module Computational Thinking, which is offered at the start of the programme, and which includes a provision for students to write an
early test in order to fulfil this requirement.
Senior Certificate (SC) with a minimum of 30% (F) in English First Language(HG) or English Second Language (HG); and a minimum of at least 40%(E) for either Mathematics (HG) or Computer Studies (HG), or a minimum of at least 70%(B) for Mathematics (SG)
National Senior Certificate (Vocational) (NC(V)) at Level 4, with
a minimum of 30% in English Home Language or English First Additional Language; and a minimum of at least 40% for either Mathematics or InformationTechnology, or a minimum of at least 70% for Mathematical Literacy
IS- ISTUDENT: C-CAPE TOWN / D-DURBAN / J-JOHANNESBURG / P-PIETERMARITZBURG • EM - STADIO: C-CENTURION
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