Writing NBTs

General Information

There are two tests, the AQL and the MAT. The AQL is written in a 3-hour morning session. The MAT is written on the same day in a 3-hour afternoon session.
Each university and faculty determines which tests must be written and the deadline to receive results.
The schedule of NBT National Test Sites is routinely updated to reflect changes in sites and the number of seats available. Four weeks prior to a test date, sites may be closed or additional ones opened due to demand.
You must be at the check-in desk by 7:30 AM on your scheduled test date.
A Friday or Sunday session is offered each month at major test sites to accommodate learners that cannot write on Saturday.
You are not allowed to write the AQL test on one day and the MAT test on another.
You must use your name as printed on your official ID when registering and when writing. Your ID will be checked before you are allowed to write on test day.
Registration is date and site-specific; learners that do not report as scheduled must re-schedule and pay for the make-up test session.

Writing of the NBT is reserved for applicants to higher education institutions in South Africa. Teachers are not permitted to write the NBT with a view to preparing their learners for the tests. “Teaching to the test” limits real engagement with the topics that are being assessed.

Click here to download a brochure that includes the basic information you need to register for and write the NBTs in 2020.

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