IIE Assist

Additional Language Admission Requirements:

English 

• The degree is delivered in English and this is known as the Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) in the BEd degree. All applicants must have achieved a minimum of 50% in English on their NSC/SC/equivalent qualification – whether as a Home Language (HL) or First Additional Language (FAL)  

First Additional Language (FAL)* 

• All applicants to the BEd programmes must have obtained at least a Level 3 (40%) at the NSC or equivalent level, as a HL or FAL, in the language they are seeking to study as a FAL* in the BEd  

    OR 

• Must demonstrate language proficiency (LP) in the selected FAL BEd language/s. To be admitted via this option, candidates are required to pass a language proficiency test in the relevant language. 

* FAL: The language you seek to study as your First Additional Language (language offers are campus dependent) 

IMPORTANT NOTE: 

ALL applicants, regardless of route of entry to the BEd programmes, are required to meet the indicated additional language requirements for English and the selected FAL.             

English: 

In the case of those students who have already: 

•    graduated with an appropriate initial higher education qualification or  

•     achieved a Senior Certificate with Endorsement or admitted via Mature Age Exemption,  

the English requirement may then be waived on successful completion of an appropriate proficiency test.  

FAL:  

Those who do not meet the FAL requirement on their NSC/equivalent must demonstrate proficiency in the selected FAL