Matriculation Board Stock taking

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Matriculation Board Stock taking

• Abbey Mathekga
• Registrars Imbizo
• Royal Hotel
• 6 7 March 2008

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Contents

• Legislation
• Foreign qualifications
• Exemption certificate statistics
• Way forward

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Legislation

• JMB came into being in 1916 and continues to
  operate under the University Act of 1955
• Although the act was repealed in 1997, the CUP
  and the Matriculation Board continue to exist and
  perform their functions until Act 61 of 1955 is
  repealed
• With the introduction of NSC and HE Amendment
  Bill, Matriculation Board in its current form
  could be the something of the past

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Current functions of MB

• The Board regulates admission to bachelors
  degrees to 11 public universities and 6
  comprehensive universities
• The Board advises the MoE through HESA on
  admission requirements to bachelors degrees
• The Board administers the endorsement and
  exemption requirements in accordance with
  approved ministerial requirements
• Currently the admission to High Certificate and
  Diploma studies is done institutionally by the 6
  comprehensive universities and the 6 UoTs,
• It is likely that this function will be
  transferred to the MB or a similar body

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Current functions of MB

• Maintains the country profile of 176 countries
  vide http//www.hesa-enrol.ac.za/mb/forpres.htm
• Maintains,inter alia, the JMB school records from
  1918 to 1992 and a list of all candidates who
  obtained Senior Certificate with exemption at the
  other approved exam bodies

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Alternative Admission Routes

• Complete exemption certificates 
• N5 standard subjects and SC languages (par 10)
• SYSTEM Recovery Programme and senior certificate
  subjects (par 11)
• ASECA and senior certificate subjects (par 12) 
• O and A level subjects (par 13)
• O AS Level subjects (par 14)
• IGCSE and NSSC/HIGCSE Level qualifications (par
  15) 
• Advanced International Certificate of Education
  (AICE) examinations (par 16) 
• Academic and professional certificates ( par 17)
• Post-school qualifications (par 18)
• Immigrants with combination of SC subjects 1
  language with HL/FAL equivalence (par 19)  
• Combination of SC certificate subjects and
  extra-curricular subjects (par 20) 

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Alternative Admission Routes (cont)

• Conditional exemption certificates  
• One outstanding requirement for the matriculation
  endorsement (par 24) 
• Combination of N5 and Senior Certificate subjects
  (par 25) 
• One outstanding requirement to qualify for an A
  Level (par 26) 
• AS/NSSC/HIGCSE Level and IGCSE/GCSE/O Level
  examinations (par 27)
• Foreign candidates (par 28) 
• Immigrant's (par 29) 
• Mature age (par 30)
• Senate's Discretionary (par 31)
• Complete/conditional by virtue of medical
  conditions (par 39)
• Complete/conditional exemption by virtue of
  condonation authority (par 40)

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The future of Matriculation Board

• Issues affecting the future of Matriculation
  Board are
• The outcome of the NQF Bill and its related
  structures
• The DoEs decision on the statutory function
• The HEQF implementation
• The NSC HE Admission Policy decisions

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Way forward

• The Matriculation Board forms part of HESA
  Enrolment programme (NiSHE NBT)
• HESA has already established Admission Committee
  that will take over the functions of the current
  Matriculation Board
• The name will be changed to from Matriculation
  Board to Minimum Admission Services (MAS) in
  order to reflect the changes in form and
  structure
• The transformed MB or similar body will take over
  the regulatory functions of admission into HEIs
  in terms of 3 tier levels of admission.