Online TheraEd Environment

The GED  is an American High School Equivalency Certificate. It is internationally recognized as a high school leavers equivalent or Grade 12 equivalent in South Africa. Internationally, the United States GED is the number one most recognized higher secondary certificate. The GED certificate is the United States equivalent of the UK A-level test, HSC, New Zealand’s NCEA, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and other higher secondary qualifications

The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) evaluates each submission of a foreign qualification on a case-by-case basis. SAQA has evaluated the GED and found the South African National Senior Certificate (NSC) as its closest comparable qualification on an NQF 4 (National Qualifications Framework Level 4 (same as the National Senior Certificate).