How is the qualification different from the school-based National Senior Certificate(NSC)?
Why was the curriculum changed? How are these programmes different from the"old" ones?
How are the fundamental subjects in the National Certificate (Vocational) different from the National Senior Certificate?
Can the language in the National Certificate(Vocational) be any of the other oficial languages?
Will students who complete a level at school be able to proceed directly into the next level of college programme?
Does the NC(V) lead to Higher Education?
What will the student be qualified to do after 3 years?
Who will quality assure the practical component of the assessment?
Will students be assessed in the workplace?
Will all Levels (i.e.Levels 2, 3 and 40 of examinations be external?
Will the NQF Levels 2 & 3 papers be marked and moderated internally or externally?
Does the 200 hours allocated per subject refer to the contact time?
Who will provide certificates at each level?
Will students who fail have to repeat the full year?
Who will teach Life Orientation?
Will there be any training for lecturers?
Can colleges continue to offer short courses?
What happens to the N1-N3 courses not covered by the new programmes (e.g. Clothing production, art and design)?
What happens to the N4-N6 programmes?
How will the phasing out of programmes occur?
How will artisans be catered for?
How did the Department arrive at the identification of the NC(V) priority programmes?
Does these programmes respond to the needs of industry?
What can colleges do if they want to offer additionalNC(V) progrogrammes that have not been developed?