Coastal KZN TVET College Admission Requirements 2025-2026

Coastal KZN TVET College is a public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institution in South Africa, located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. The college offers a wide range of vocational and occupational programmes to prepare students for employment or further studies. The admission requirements for Coastal KZN TVET College vary depending on the programme and qualification level. Generally, For National Certificate Vocational (NCV) programmes, applicants must have passed Grade 9 or an equivalent qualification. For National N Diploma programmes, applicants must have passed Grade 12 or an equivalent qualification. For Occupational programmes, applicants must have passed Grade 11 or an equivalent qualification. It is important to note that meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission, as the college has a limited number of spaces available for each programme. Therefore, applicants are encouraged to apply early and ensure that they meet all the requirements for their chosen programme.

Admission Criteria For New Enrolments- NCV

4.1. Students who endeavour to enrol for NCV Level 2 Business and General Studies programs must have completed and passed Grade 10-11; and Grade 12 with Mathematics for the Information & Technology as well as Finance,Economics & Accounting programs.
4.2. Students who endeavour to enrol for NCV Level 2- all Engineering Studies must have completed and passed a minimum of Grade 10-11Mathematics (not Mathematical Literacy).
4.3. Students who endeavour to enrol for NCV Level 2 Electrical Construction – may, on applying for employment,be required to pass a Colour competency test.

5. Progression Criteria: Coastal KZN TVET College Admission Requirements 2025

5.1. Students who endeavour to enrol for NCV Level 3 must have already passed a minimum of 5 NCV Level 2 subjects.
5.2. Students who endeavour to enrol for NCV Level 4 must have already passed all 7 Level 2 subjects as well as a minimum of 5 NCV Level 3 subjects.

6. Supplementary Exams- Ncv Only:

6.1. Only students who have passed a minimum of three subjects will be permitted to register and write the supplementary exam if they meet the sub-minimum requirements. Students who have passed less than three subjects may register as full-time (repeating) students, space permitting.
6.2. The sub-minimum Final November examination marks required for entry to a supplementary exam are:

6.2.1.      Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy (25%- 29%)
6.2.2.      English (First AdditionalLanguage) {35%- 39%)
6.2.3.      Life Orientation {35%- 39%)
6.2.4.      Vocational & Core subjects (45%- 49%)
(Students who achieve Jess than the minimum sub-minimum marks indicated will not be eligible to sit the supplementary exam. The student needs to enter for a full-time/recovery programme)

6.3. If these subjects fail again in the Supplementary exam, the student will need to attend a full time class or recovery programme for these subjects and re-write the November examination. The student will be responsible for the payment of the re-write fee per subject.

7. NCV Recovery Program: Coastal KZN TVET College Admission Requirements 2025

7.1. The NCV recovery programme as implemented in previous year will again be implemented the following year.
7.2. Students meeting the enrolment criteria for NCV Levels 3 and 4 with failed previous level subjects will be responsible for the payment of the recovery programme fee. Non-payment of this fee will result in the student being DEREGISTERED from rewriting this subject.
7.3. All recovery programme students will be required to develop a new ICASS year mark by sitting new assessments which must be placed as evidence into a subject POE.

8. Certification Criteria: Coastal KZN TVET College Admission Requirements 2025

8.1. In order for a student to qualify for a NCV Certificate, a student needs to have passed the following subjects:
NCV Level 2 =7 subjects
NCV Level 3 =7 subjects
NCV Level 4 =7 subjects
8.2. A total of 21subjects is required to qualify to receive the exit level NCV Certificate at NQF Level4.
8.3. DHET will issue Statement of Results for all levels. As the certification body, Umalusi will continue to issue certificates.
8.4. Students who did not obtain all 7 subjects on one level in one exam sitting and who rewrote and passed outstanding subjects in a Supplementary or November exam, will have to apply for their certificates through the Campus exam office. This will take time and you may only receive this certificate after a minimum of 6 months.