The CAPS Curriculum is the official curriculum of South Africa. Students can either write the NSC Matric exam run by the Department of Education or the IEB exam.
We have set out three CAPS Curriculum plans for students looking to study at University locally or overseas. These plans will help assist students in deciding what subjects to choose for Matric. The subjects are based on the field of study they plan on going into. Even if you are not sure what you want to study, these three template plans will give you an idea of what a Matric syllabus might look like. Your subject choice can be changed at any stage however it gets more difficult to change the further along you go as you may need to catch up a lot of work. You are able to swap certain subjects to suit your strengths and personality.
| Isaac Newton Plan - CAPS Syllabus | |||||||||||||
| Suits Highly Ambitious Academic who would like to maximise their chances of studying Science or Medicine | |||||||||||||
| Foundation | Intermediate | Senior | FET | University Faculty | |||||||||
| Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase | ||||||||||
| Grade | Grade R - 3 | Grade 4 -6 | Grade 7 - 9 | Grade 10 - 12 | Medicine | Science | |||||||
| Subject 1 | English | English | English | English | Essential | Essential | |||||||
| Subject 2 | Maths | Maths | Maths | Maths | Essential | Essential | |||||||
| Subject 3 | Life Skills | Life Skills | Life Orientation | Life Orientation | |||||||||
| Subject 4 | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | |||||||||
| Subject 5 | Natural Science | Natural Science | Biology | Essential | Recommended | ||||||||
| Subject 6 | Social Science | Social Science | Physical Science | Essential | Essential | ||||||||
| Subject 7 | Art | IT | Recommended | ||||||||||
| Subject 8 | EMS | AP Maths |
Helps with first year maths
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| Subject 9 | Technology | ||||||||||||
| Summary | Min 4 Subjects | Min 6 Subjects | Min 9 Subjects | Min 7 Subjects | |||||||||
| Tito Mboweni Plan - CAPS Syllabus | |||||||||||||
| Ambitious student who would like to study Commerce and go into the Business sector. | |||||||||||||
| Foundation | Intermediate | Senior | FET | University Faculty | |||||||||
| Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase | ||||||||||
| Grade | Grade R - 3 | Grade 4 -6 | Grade 7 - 9 | Grade 10 - 12 | Commerce | Law | |||||||
| Subject 1 | English | English | English | English | Essential | Essential | |||||||
| Subject 2 | Maths | Maths | Maths | Maths | Essential | Essential | |||||||
| Subject 3 | Life Skills | Life Skills | Life Orientation | Life Orientation | History is | ||||||||
| Subject 4 | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | recommended | ||||||||
| Subject 5 | Natural Science | Natural Science | Economics | Recommended | for law students | ||||||||
| Subject 6 | Social Science | Social Science | Accounting | Recommended | |||||||||
| Subject 7 | Art | IT or EMS | |||||||||||
| Subject 8 | EMS | ||||||||||||
| Subject 9 | Technology | ||||||||||||
| Summary | Min 4 Subjects | Min 6 Subjects | Min 9 Subjects | Min 7 Subjects | |||||||||
| John Kani Plan - CAPS Syllabus | |||||||||||||
| Ambitious student who would like to study Humanities to become a writer, actor, politician, creator and alike. | |||||||||||||
| Foundation | Intermediate | Senior | FET | University Faculty | |||||||||
| Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase | ||||||||||
| Grade | Grade R - 3 | Grade 4 -6 | Grade 7 - 9 | Grade 10 - 12 | Humanities | ||||||||
| Subject 1 | English | English | English | English | Essential | ||||||||
| Subject 2 | Maths | Maths | Maths | Maths or Maths Lit | Essential | ||||||||
| Subject 3 | Life Skills | Life Skills | Life Orientation | Life Orientation | |||||||||
| Subject 4 | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | 2nd Language | Recommended | ||||||||
| Subject 5 | Natural Science | Natural Science | History | Recommended | |||||||||
| Subject 6 | Social Science | Social Science | Drama. Music or Art | Recommended | |||||||||
| Subject 7 | Art | Geography | |||||||||||
| Subject 8 | EMS | ||||||||||||
| Subject 9 | Technology | ||||||||||||
| Summary | 4 Subjects | 6 Subjects | 9 Subjects | 7 Subjects | |||||||||