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14. Institutions make selections, not the CAO. We pass on the information
to applicants as soon as we receive the selection decision from the
institutions. The institution may also contact the applicant directly.
15. An application is considered to be valid only once the full application,
including the signed Declaration and Informed Consent, and application
fee has been received by the CAO. Only then will it be processed and
made available to institutions.
16. The official Received Date for the application will be the date on which the
completed application (with programme choices), payment, declaration
and informed consent has been received. Applicant and application
information will be sent to institutions only once these terms and
conditions have been met.
17. Application and Change of Mind fees are not refundable.
18. Every attempt has been made to ensure that the information in this
Handbook is accurate and up to date at time of print. However, institutions
continually update their programmes and entry requirements.
19. During the course of the year, institutions may make available new
programmes that were not finalised in time to be included in this
Handbook – check our website
, or contact our Call
Centre on 0860 860 226 or 031 268 4444 for updates. At the time of
going to print, only a few skills training and learnership programmes were
included in this Handbook. Please check the website or contact us during
the course of the year to find out about other availableTVET skills training
and learnership programmes.
20. An entry in this Handbook does not oblige the institution to offer the
programme as institutions continually assess their programmes and
may decide to discontinue programmes during an application cycle. If an
institution discontinues a programme that is published in this Handbook,
the applicant may change such a programme at no cost to them.
21. Applicants should apply and pay on or before the published closing
dates. Applications received after these dates will be considered as Late
Applications and each institution has its own rules and procedures on
how they deal with applications received after the closing date.
22. Specified entry requirements are guidelines used by institutions and
each institution sets its own minimum entry requirements.
23. Entry requirements published in theHandbook areMINIMUMrequirements
for your application to be considered; it does not guarantee acceptance.
24. In most cases, the number of applications for a qualification/programme
far exceeds the number of places that an institution has available for the
qualification/programme. Therefore, while you may meet the published
minimum entry requirements, there may be many more applicants that
fare better than you and who may be considered ahead of you.
25. We will send you an Acknowledgement Letter by email at least four
weeks after we receive your application form. If no email address is
provided, the communication will be sent by fax, and if no fax number
is provided, letters will be sent by post. Applicants are encouraged to use
a valid email address for communication since this is the quickest
way that you will receive letters. Posting letters is a last resort.
See Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 on
regarding emailed documents.
26. If you have not received an Acknowledgement Letter four weeks after
you have applied, please enquire if the CAO has received your application.
(See page 3 for contact details)
27. Applicants are fully responsible for carefully checking their
acknowledgement letters and informing the CAO of any errors,
omissions, or changes within the stipulated time frame on the letter.
28. If you do not inform us of errors, omissions, or changes within
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