Paragraph 27

27. Certificate of conditional exemption by virtue of Advanced Supplementary, Advanced Subsidiary and Ordinary Level examinations conducted by examining bodies in the United Kingdom or HIGCSE and IGCSE level examinations of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate

1. Subject to paragraphs 14.2, 14.3, 15.2, 15.3, 27.2 and 32, the Committee of Principals shall issue a certificate of conditional exemption to a person who passed a minimum of four Advanced Supplementary and one Ordinary level subject or four Advanced Subsidiary Level subjects and one Ordinary Level subject in an examination conducted in by examining bodies in the United Kingdom or four HIGCSE level subjects and one IGCSE level subject in an examination conducted by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and who lacks one of the following requirements:

a. an approved Ordinary, Advanced Supplementary, Advanced Subsidiary, IGCSE or HIGCSE level subject for the purpose of paragraph 14.1.a or 15.1.a;

b. one of the compulsory groups required by paragraph 14.1.b or 15.1.b;

c. an Advanced Supplementary, Advanced Subsidiary or HIGCSE level subject required by paragraph 14.1.b or 15.1.b; or

d. a pass in Mathematics on at least the IGCSE level as required by paragraph 14.2 or 15.2.

2. A person is entitled to a certificate of conditional exemption if the subjects by virtue of which the certificate was obtained in terms of subparagraph 1 have been passed at no more than two examination sittings.

3. A person to whom a certificate of conditional exemption was issued and who lacks a pass in another Ordinary or IGCSE level subject, may satisfy the outstanding requirement by obtaining a pass in the particular subject at the Higher or Standard Grade for the purpose of a senior certificate of the Council or by obtaining a pass at a South African university in an examination for a qualifying instructional offering or offerings in the equivalent field of study approved by the Committee of Principals.

4. A person to whom a certificate of conditional exemption was issued and who lacks a pass in another Advanced Supplementary, Advanced Subsidiary or HIGCSE level subject, may satisfy the outstanding requirement by obtaining a pass in the particular subject at the Higher Grade for the purpose of a senior certificate of the Council or by obtaining a pass in an examination in the qualifying instructional offering or offerings approved by the Committee of Principals at a South African university at the first-year level which leads unconditionally to an instructional offering or offerings at the second-year level in the relevant field of study.