TERTIARY STUDY ADMISSION
Accreditation and Entrance into South African universities:
In South Africa, the GED® is recognised as a senior certificate/grade 12 by SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority). In the United States and in most countries of the world, it is fully recognised.
We have been legally prevented by the SA government represent by Umalusi and its attorneys from comparing the National Senior Certificate in South Africa to the GED®.
This means with your GED®, you can access tertiary courses at colleges, and in most cases, diploma and certificate courses at universities in South Africa. Internationally, you should also do the SAT College entrance exam, which is also taken at centres countrywide, and for which a course is offered by Cyber School.
Should you wish to study at a South African college or only enter the job market, then you only need the GED® (please verifiy this yourself), although the SAT is advisable as it improves the student’s knowledge of English and Maths.
Should you wish to study for a degree at a South African university you will need to request a Matric Exemption Certificate. In South Africa, you need to have the GED® certification converted into a South African Matric Exemption Certificate by the Matriculation Exemption Board in Pretoria to assist South African universities to recognise and understand your GED® certification, as it is viewed as a foreign (United States) certification.
Should you wish to study for a degree at a South African university and request a local conversion, you will need the GED® + a bridging course (approx. 1 year in duration) that will give you the equivalent of NQFL5 or wait until age 23, after which you can apply for a Matric Exemption certificate to gain access to a degree course at a South African university. To better understand NQFL5, see this pdf from SAQA by clicking here.
Please note that in this regard, all our students should have completed their GED® in 11 years, and adding an extra year to complete one of these NQFL 5 courses still means that the total schooling duration is 12 years, the same as at any other school using alternative curriculums.
We recommend that those students wishing to obtain an NQFL5 certificate do a one year Project Management or Software course offered by Infomage RIMS Group based in Randburg, Johannesburg. (The course can be completed from anywhere in South Africa)
The cost would depend on how many students take up this offering at a time, so we ask all interested students to please email Cyber School and express your interest. The more students we obtain, the cheaper the price is for each of you.
To read up more about the Software course, click here
To read up more about the Project Management course, click here
