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16. 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
FET
Further Education and
Training
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
Jan
January
Jun
June
KZN
KwaZulu-Natal
L 2
NC(V) Level 2
lang
language
LES
(Stream LES) Life and
Earth Sciences
Lit
Literature
LO
Life Orientation
M
(Stream M)
Mathematical sciences
MBA
Master of Business
Administration
Maths
Mathematics
Maths Lit
Mathematics Literacy
Matric
Matriculation
Mngnt
Management
min
minimum
MIS
Management
Information Systems
mths
months
MUT
Mangosuthu University
of Technology
N
National
N Cert
National Certificate
N Dip
National Diploma
N H
National Higher
N N
National NATED
N1, N2, N3, National Technical
N4, N5, N6
Certificate
NC(V)
National Certificate
(Vocational)
NiSHE
National Information
Service for Higher
Education
no.
number