DCC National Senior Certificate Grade 11 – 7 Subjects

Course fee

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Course Introduction

Students will need to choose 7 subjects that they will require for the career that they would like to pursue beyond Grade 12.

Course Contents

Grade 11 and Grade 12 (Different subject selections in different Grades are not
allowed). Students will need to choose the subjects that they will require for the
career that they would like to pursue beyond Grade 12.

Students have to choose 7 subjects.

• 2 Languages from Group A must be chosen. One of the languages must be a Home Language.
• Mathematics OR Mathematical Literacy AND Life Orientation are compulsory.
• Mathematical Literacy may not be chosen with Physical Sciences or Agricultural Sciences.
• Mathematics must be chosen with Physical Sciences.
• We strongly recommend that students choose Mathematics with Accounting.

The table below was compiled to guide students in their selection of
subjects. The combinations are linked to career paths that a student may
wish to pursue. For further guidance, contact the College.

Subject offerings:
The National Senior Certificate Grade 10, 11 and 12 is available in
English ONLY. Subjects are NOT offered in Afrikaans.

GROUP A

GROUP B

Programme Type

The National Senior Certificate (NSC) is a 3 year programme that gives the
student access to Higher Education. It consists of Grade 10, 11 and 12. This
means that each Grade has to be completed and passed separately. A National
Senior Certificate will be awarded to the student after the successful completion
of the National Senior Certificate Grade 12 external examinations. The external
examinations will be administered by an external assessment body accredited
by UMALUSI. UMALUSI will certificate a learner upon successful completion of Grade 12.

Students may not enrol on Grade 10, Grade 11 and Grade 12 simultaneously.

Programme Duration

The duration of the student’s programme will be 24 months.

Students are required to complete ALL their assessments within a calendar year.
This means, that students will start their studies in January / February and write
the final examinations in October / November. Should students enrol AFTER
15 February they may not sit for the final examinations in that same year.
Students may however continue working through their study material, but ALL
assessments may only be done in the following year – the year in which students
will write their final examinations.

Entrance Requirements

The minimum entrance requirement for Grade 11 is an official National
Senior Certificate Grade 10 school report which indicates promotion to
Grade 11.

Student Assessment

Continuous Assessment (CASS)

• Continuous Assessment is assessment that takes place throughout the year.
• It consists of various types of assessment tasks like research projects, controlled tests, investigation tasks, written reports etc.
• All internal assessment (CASS and final examinations in Grade 10 and 11) will be conducted by the College. The final mark for each subject will be determined by a combination of a CASS mark and the final examination mark.
• All continuous assessment tasks have to be completed and submitted for marking in order for the student to be resulted.
• The CASS mark will contribute 25% towards a student’s total mark for a subject, and the final examination will contribute 75% towards the total mark.

Controlled Tests and Assessment

• Students must write controlled tests for all the subjects that they are studying. This will be in addition to the examinations that will also be written for each subject.
• Controlled tests are tests that will take place under supervised, examination conditions. Controlled tests will not be in the student’s study guide. It is a shorter version of an examination.
• The dates and times for the controlled tests will be communicated to the student by the College. It will also be available on the College website.
• Students must write all controlled tests and mid year examinations in the same year that they register for, and write the final examinations for a grade.
• If students do not write all controlled tests (and do the other continuous assessment tasks for all the subjects that they are studying), their CASS mark will be incomplete, and they will not be resulted by the College for the final examination.

Oral Components for Languages

• The College will appoint qualified language educators who will conduct the assessment for the oral component of the languages that the student has chosen to study.
• The dates for the oral components for the languages will be communicated to the student by the College. It will also be available on the College website.

Life Orientation

• One of the tasks that you have to complete for Life Orientation, is a Physical Education Task (PET).
• This task has to be completed in three parts; one during each of the first three terms of the year.
• Students will be required to have face-to-face contact sessions with a Life Orientation educator for the evaluation of your Physical Education Task (PET).
• Additional information for the completion of this task is available from the College.

Learner Evidence of Performance File/Portfolio

• Students will have to compile a portfolio for each subject as part of their studies.
• A portfolio for a particular subject will contain ALL the required continuous assessment tasks/assignments for that subject.
• Students must keep their portfolio for each subject, neatly filed in a safe place for the duration of their studies (and at least 6 months after the final examinations have been written), because the College may, at any time, request that they submit it for moderation.
• Portfolios will be internally moderated by the College (for Grade 10, 11 and 12) AND externally moderated by an external assessment body.