In the past students have had the opportunity to re-write the NBT's at certain universities, but to play safe you need to contact the university where you plan to do you tertiary studies. It could also depend on the course you are applying for.

Probably not. While you would be far more ready after the course, you would need to do the 'homework' we will give you at the course. This could easily take you 10+ hours, but it is worth it!

Since 2005 universities do placement of students for certain courses based on three criteria:

• Matric results
• NBT results
• Added value: participation and involvement in extra-curricular activities and other non-academic essentials at school (such as sport, leadership, etc.) as well as community service (such as community hours spent at a clinic, hospital, SPCA, etc )

Introduced in 2005, the NBTs were commissioned by Higher Education South Africa with the main task of assessing academic readiness of first year university learners as a supplement to Secondary School reports on learning achieved in content specific courses. Some universities use the Matric certificate results and the NBT results to steer their placement decisions. The NBTs asses the ability to combine aspects of prior learning and consists of two (2) parts:

• Academic and Quantitative Literacy (AQL); 3,5 hours in the morning and
• Mathematics (MAT); 3 hours in the afternoon, on the same day.