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The National Senior Certificate (NSC), which will be written for the first time in 2008, allows candidates to offer one subject from an assessment body other than the national Department of Education, provided that that subject is accommodated in the national policy.
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The Western Cape Education Department has developed Maritime Economics and Nautical Science as additional NSC subjects in accordance with the requirements of the national Department of Education.
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Approval of Maritime Economics and Nautical Science
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The Minister of Education, in Circular S10 of 2006, has approved the following subjects, which will be documented as follows in the policy document, National Senior Certificate: A qualification at Level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)
Table B3: Business, Commerce and Management
| SUBJECT | SUBJECT NUMBER |
| | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Maritime Economics | 03070012 | 03070023 | 03070034
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Table B5: Engineering and Technology
| SUBJECT | SUBJECT NUMBER |
| | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Nautical Science | 06070012 | 06070023 | 06070034 |
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The Independent Examination Board (IEB) will be responsible for the internal assessment and final examination of these two subjects. Candidates offering these subjects must, as part of their normal registration for the NSC at the school which they attend, also register with the IEB for the conduct of the assessment.
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Maritime Economics and Nautical Science will replace, respectively, Maritime Studies A (Shore-based) and Maritime Studies B (Sea-going), which are part of the current Senior Certificate Examinations.
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The offering of Maritime Economics and Nautical Science will be restricted to schools connected with the maritime industry and which have the appropriate infrastructure and equipment.
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Learners at approved schools may offer either Maritime Economics or Nautical Science in terms of the provision that a maximum of one subject assessed by an accredited examinations body other than the Department of Education may be included in the seven-subject package of an NSC candidate. Learners who wish to offer both Maritime Economics and Nautical Science as part of their NSC programme may do so, provided that one of these two subjects is offered as an eighth subject for the NSC.
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Kindly bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all staff and parents.
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SIGNED: S.M. NAICKER
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2006:11:28
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