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20. Acronyms and Abbreviations
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‘A’ level
Advanced level
Acc
Accounting
Admin Administration
Adv
Advanced
Adv Cert Advanced Certificate
Agric
Agricultural/Agriculture
Agric Sci
Agricultural Science/s
Aug
August
Ave
Avenue
B
Bachelor
B A
Bachelor of Arts
B Admin Bachelor of
Administration
B Agric Bachelor of
Agriculture
B Com Bachelor of Commerce
B Ed
Bachelor of Education
B Sc
Bachelor of Science
B Soc Sc Bachelor of Social Science
B Tech Bachelor of Technology
BCVO Beweging vir Christelike
Volkseie Onderwys
Biol
Biology
Bus Econ Business Economics
Bus Stud Business Studies
CAO Central Applications Office
Cert
Certificate
CIS
Chartered Institute of
Secretaries
Comm Communication
Comp
Computer
Cons Stud Consumer Studies
Cnr
Corner
Dbn
Durban
Deg
Degree
DHET
Department of Higher Education
& Training
Dip
Diploma
Dram Dramatic
DUT
Durban University of Technology
e.g.
for example
Econ
Economics
EDU Enterprise Development Unit
email
electronic mail
Eng
Engineering
Engl
English
etc.
etcetera (and so on)
exam examination
excl
excluding
FAL
First Additional Language
GCE
General Certificate of Education
Geog
Geography
H Cert
Higher Certificate
HESA Higher Education
South Africa
HG
Higher Grade
HIGCSE Higher International General
Certificate of Secondary
Education
Hist
History
HL
Home Language
Hons
Honours
IB
International Baccalaureate
ID
Identity Document
IEB
Independent Examinations Board
IGCSE International General Certificate
of Secondary Education
IMM Institute of Marketing
Management
Info Tech Information Technology
Int
International
Intro
Introduction
IT
Information Technology
