✈️ Academic route
FROM🇰🇷 South Korea→TO🇿🇦 South Africa
South Korea school-leaving stage to South Africa: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in South Korea with the corresponding school stage in South Africa, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
South Korea describes this point as 고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSAT. South Africa describes the receiving stage as FET Phase · Grades 10–12 / NSC. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGE고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSAT✈ARRIVING STAGEFET Phase · Grades 10–12 / NSC
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇰🇷 South Korea🇿🇦 South Africa
Current stage고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSATFET Phase · Grades 10–12 / NSC
Education authorityA national curriculum is implemented through metropolitan and provincial education offices; KICE administers the CSAT.The Department of Basic Education sets the national curriculum and examination framework, implemented through provincial departments and schools.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
National curriculum and achievement standardsNational Curriculum Information Center ↗검정고시 qualification, subjects and passing rulesNational Institute for Lifelong Education · 검정고시지원센터 ↗CSAT / 수능 official informationKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Current CSAT candidate guideKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗National Curriculum Statements Grades R–12South African Department of Basic Education ↗
🔎 Also described as
moving from South Korea to South Africa for school-leaving stageSouth Korea school-leaving stage in South AfricaSouth Korea to South Africa school transfer requirements