There are 2 test sessions scheduled on Sundays – one online and one pencil and paper. You also have the option to write a “remote” session – [email protected]

Results for the NBTs are only valid if you complete the test. Should you get sick during the test; the Chief Invigilator will collect your materials and contact information.

A staff member from the NBT Project will contact you the following week to schedule another writing session as soon as possible. There is no cost for this make-up test and the first answer sheet will be destroyed, not scored.

If you become sick or injured before the test, send an e-mail to [email protected] or call 021-650-3523. Upon receipt of adequate documentation such as a hospital or police report, you will be allowed a make-up test with no additional fees charged. 

There are 10 Pencil and paper test dates scheduled. These are subject to current national regulations.

For Pencil and Paper tests, writers need to be at the venue by 07h30 for registration. The doors will close at 08h30.

For the Pencil and Paper Tests you must bring:

– Your South African ID booklet or foreign passport or a birth certificate with an affidavit from the police including a recent ID photograph.

– Pencils and eraser

– Water and lunch, if you are writing both AQL and MAT

– Do not bring a calculator, ruler, dictionary or other learning aid. If you require special assistance such as a magnifier or other adaptive device, you must send a written request to [email protected] at least three weeks prior to the writing session. Special arrangements will be made for anyone with a disability.

Note that learners without an official ID will be turned away and not allowed to write (except when the following documentation is provided: a birth certificate with an affidavit from the police including a recent photograph.)

Under national Covid regulation the wearing of masks is compulsory at all times.

No writer will be permitted without a mask.

It can be difficult to locate the test room on a university campus or a town that is new to you.

Please allow sufficient time so that you arrive at 7:30 to check-in. Should you have any concerns about the exact location of the test room, please send your concern to [email protected] at least three days before the writing session and we will send you a directions and a map.

The NBT is available to be written online. A goal of the NBT project is to schedule sites around South Africa. If you live in another country or an area where there are no tests nearby, please click here to send us an e-mail. We will assist you to write a “remote” session.

You may request for your test/s to be re-marked within 30 days of having received your test results.

Re-mark payment process: R250 application fee is payable.

Payment is made through EasyPay, use NBT reference number.

Re-mark process: Test will be re-marked electronically. It takes four weeks to process.

Request will only be processed on receipt of signed application form and proof of payment.

Download re-mark form here.