Level descriptors, provide a description of each of the eight levels on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). The purpose of the description is to assist a writer of standards or qualifications in designing a qualification by allocating a level to a unit standard or a qualification.

The NQF consist of three bands, namely General Education (level 1 – schooling up to grade 9 and ABET), Further Education and Training (levels 2 – 4: grade 10 – 12), and Higher Education (levels 5 – 8).

After completion of level 1 of the NQF, a learner could achieve a GETC and after completion of level 4 of the NQF, a FETC.

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