Consolidating the General Education Certificate in South Africa
Note: Currently, learners can also take National Technical Education (NATED) programme part-qualifications spanning six ‘N’ levels across ISCED 3 and 4. However, these qualifications are currently being phased out and so are not included in this diagram.
Source: OECD (2025[90]), Education GPS – South Africa: Overview of the education system (EAG 2025), https://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?primaryCountry=ZAF.