GENERAL BUSINESS CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

ELIGIBILITY
The General Business Certificate Examination is available to both school and private candidates, ie. Candidates attending schools that prepare them for the examination and candidates who study privately towards the examination.

SUBJECTS FOR THE EXAMINATION
The examination is conducted on a Single Subject Entry basis as well as on Group Entry basis.

For Single Subject Entries, a candidate may enter any number of subjects of his/her choice, write the examination and be awarded a certificate for each subject he/she passes.

For Group Certificate Entries, a candidate is expected to obtain passes in a minimum of two compulsory and two optional subjects at one sitting. The subjects available for the examination are:

Business Law

Business Mathematics

Commerce

Cost Accounting

Economics

English Language

Financial Accounting

Information Technology

Marketing

Office Practice

Shorthand

Typewriting

For Single Subject Entry, candidates may choose any of the above subjects.

The subject combinations for Group Entry are as follows:

The subject groups are reviewed from time to time or when new subjects are introduced into the examination scheme.

GRADING
There are six grades in order of merit from Grade A to Grade F - Grade A being the highest and Grade F the lowest. The first five grades - A, B, C, D, E, - are pass grades. Grade F represents a failure.

CONDITIONS FOR THE AWARD OF CERTIFICATES
The General Business Certificates is awarded to a candidate who obtains at least a pass in a subject offered in the examination. The Group Certificate is awarded to a candidate who obtains at least a pass in all the relevant subjects at one sitting . A candidate who is unable to satisfy the criteria for the award of a Group Certificate is awarded a certificate for each of the subjects passed.