National Benchmark Test 'NBT'

National Benchmark Test 'NBT' The National Benchmark Tests are an assessment for first year applicants to Higher Education. The tests are criterion-referenced, i.e.

The purpose of the NBT is:

• To identify talented but educationally disadvantaged students
whose schooling might not have allowed them to demonstrate their full ability
• To contribute to ensuring that students who are identified as having potential in terms of the tests also receive offers of academic places and support (such as academic development opportunities, bursaries and financial aid,

residence places, and so on).
• To contribute to the diagnosis of all incoming students’ academic strengths and weaknesses, in order to feed into the design of learning and teaching support and curriculum development.
• The tests are designed to assess entry-level preparedness of students in terms of the key areas of academic literacy, quantitative literacy and mathematics. The domains represent core areas of competency in which students entering any form of higher education would be expected to display minimum levels of proficiency. they are aimed at assessing students’ academic and quantitative literacy and mathematics performance against standard levels of performance regarded by experts in the fields as being acceptable for entry into higher education in the three fields.
• To act as a complementary assessment measure to the school-leaving examination – especially given that the school-leaving certificates, such as that provided through the National Senior Certificate (NSC) and other such bodies, are made up of different school leaving subjects and that scores on these subjects are norm-referenced. The NBT acts as a provider of augmented independent and objective information against which the performance of students on the National Senior Certificate can be compared and calibrated.

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Ready to lock in your NBT test date? 🔒 Here is how to make your payment hassle-free!
15/07/2026

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Next Online Session Incoming! 🚀📅 Date: 25 July 2026⏰ Time: 9:00am📍 Platform: TerritoriumReminder to have your official I...
14/07/2026

Next Online Session Incoming! 🚀

📅 Date: 25 July 2026

⏰ Time: 9:00am

📍 Platform: Territorium

Reminder to have your official ID with you.

What if there is no test site near where I live?Contact us to write a "remote" session. Email: nbtremote@uct.ac.za ...
25/06/2026

What if there is no test site near where I live?

Contact us to write a "remote" session.

Email: [email protected]

NBT Test Dates for 2026
25/06/2026

NBT Test Dates for 2026

17/06/2026

What is the purpose of NBT?

Dear NBT Writers,We are pleased to invite you to attend the upcoming National Benchmark Test (NBT) Q&A Session. This ses...
02/06/2026

Dear NBT Writers,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the upcoming National Benchmark Test (NBT) Q&A Session. This session is specifically designed to support NBT writers by providing useful guidance and information on NBT processes.

Session Details:
Date: 04 June 2026
Time: 14h30–15h30
Platform:
https://bit.ly/NBT_Online_Simulation
Duration: 60 minutes

06/05/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Rintie Bester,
Duduzile P Makhubela,
Rotondwa Elelwani

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05/05/2026

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