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It is most prominent in setting the examinations for the school-leaving National Senior Certificate (NSC), which replaced the Senior Certificate and Further Education and Training Certificate, which many private schools in South Africa write.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The IEB offers examinations for member schools at the Grade 12 (FET) level, based on the National Core Curriculum and using various forms of assessment, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\">Continuous assessment such as orals, practicals and portfolios<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">A final summative examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">The School Section acts in partnership with Quality Assurance bodies as well as with professional educationalists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The IEB examinations are considered by teachers, parents, students and universities \u2013 both within South Africa and abroad \u2013 as a more challenging and comprehensive assessment than the state and provincial equivalents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Many students with excellent IEB results have gone on to be accepted into Ivy League and Oxbridge institutions without submitting to further requirements such as A-levels and SATs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Examinations Board, or IEB, is a South African independent assessment agency which offers examinations for member schools. 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