(1) (a) (i) A total of 309 693 students wrote the National Accredited Technical Education Diploma (NATED) examinations during the third trimester of 2015, i.e. November 2015 examinations.
(ii) Of these, 180 756 students passed the examinations.
(b) (i) As at 31 August 2016, most students who have met the NATED certification requirements for the November 2015 examinations have received their certificates except for those students affected by isolated incidents of a data processing error on the examinations IT system. The figures in the table below provides a breakdown of the number of candidates who passed the November 2015 examinations and were therefore eligible to receive a certificate.
(ii) Information as at 14 February 2017.
Part-Qualification |
Wrote |
Passed |
N1 |
52 410 |
40 055 |
N2 |
76 397 |
31 528 |
N3 |
69 896 |
42 371 |
N4 |
160 456 |
120 174 |
N5 |
125 483 |
83 355 |
N6 |
93 120 |
62 361 |
Total |
309 693 |
180 756 |
(2) All outstanding certificates on the system are being addressed and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), who is responsible for the examinations IT system, has committed to start processing these certificates by 15 March 2017.
(3) No certificates have been withheld due to outstanding fees payable by colleges.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
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DIRECTOR – GENERAL
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QUESTION 73 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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