National Senior Certificate that grants admission to a higher certificate / diploma programme as certified by the Council for General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) or an equivalent qualification at a National Qualifications Framework
(NQF) exit level 4 (four) with the following subjects:
Higher Certificate:
o English (minimum 30% (thirty percent)), Mathematics or Mathematic literacy (minimum 40% (forty percent), and o Life Sciences (minimum 40% (forty percent)).
Diploma in Nursing
English (minimum 30% (thirty percent), Mathematics or Mathematic literacy (minimum 40% (forty percent), Life Sciences (minimum 40% (forty percent), Computer Literacy at NQF level 3 (three), and One other subject with a credit value of 20 (twenty) (minimum 40% (forty percent) from the designated subject list as outlined in policy 751 of 2008 of the Department of Education.
Candidates who have successfully completed a relevant healthrelated qualification at NQF Level 3 (three) or 4 (four), for example as an Auxiliary Nurse (Reg 2176) or NQF Level 4 (four) as an Enrolled Nurse (Reg 2175) and who have met the
institutional selection criteria may be granted entry into the diploma programme.
Or
Students who are older than 23 (twenty three) years and meet NETED’s institutional selection criteria may be granted entry into this programme.