8 Ngokucacileyo, uYesu akazange enze mimangaliso ngoxa wayeyinkwenkwe ekhulela eNazarete. Kodwa oko kwatshintsha emva kokubhaptizwa kwakhe ngowama-29 C.E., xa wayemalunga neminyaka engama-30 ubudala. (Luka 3:21-23) IBhayibhile ithi: ‘UThixo wamthambisa ngomoya oyingcwele namandla, yaye walityhutyha ilizwe esenza okulungileyo kwaye ephilisa bonke abo bacinezelwe nguMtyholi.’ (IZenzo 10:38) ‘Ukwenza okulungileyo’—ngaba oko akubonisi ukuba uYesu wawasebenzisa kakuhle amandla akhe? Emva kokuthanjiswa kwakhe, “waba ngumprofeti onamandla ngomsebenzi nelizwi.”—Luka 24:19. 13 National Benchmark tests Admissions and placement tests have been used at UCT for over 30 years. The National Benchmark Tests are administered by the Centre for Educational Testing, for Access and Placement. All undergraduate applicants who are normally resident, or at school, in South Africa must write NBTs, and all applicants to programmes in Health Sciences must write the NBTs wherever they reside. write the Academic and Quantitative Literacy test (described below) and all applicants to Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, and Science faculties also write the Mathematics test (described below). Information regarding the use of the test scores in each faculty can be found in the faculty pages. What are the National Benchmark Tests? The National Benchmark Tests are three multiple-choice tests written as a combined Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy test and a separate Mathematics test. The Academic and Quantitative Literacy Test (AQL) is a three-hour test which consists of an Academic Literacy (AL) section and a Quantitative Literacy (QL) section. The results of the two sections of the test will be reported separately. The Academic Literacy (AL) Test tests your capacity to engage successfully with the demands of academic study in English. The Quantitative Literacy (QL) Test targets your ability to manage situations or solve problems in a real context that is relevant to higher education study, using basic quantitative information that may be presented verbally, graphically, in tabular or symbolic form. The Mathematics Test is a three hour test which targets a writer s ability related to mathematical concepts formally regarded as part of the secondary school curriculum relevant for Higher Education studies. Who writes what? Most applicants to the Faculties of Humanities and Law write the Academic and Quantitative Literacy test only. Some Humanities programmes require NBT Mathematics test. Applicants to Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences and Science, write the Academic and Quantitative Literacy test as well as the Mathematics test. The completion of the Mathematics syllabus is not a prerequisite for writing the Mathematics Test. In which language should you write the NBTs for admission to UCT? The NBTs must be written in English for admission to UCT in How are the test results used? The test results are used in addition to school-leaving academic performance and do not replace the use of school-leaving results. In the case of Engineering & the Built Environment and Health Sciences, the National Benchmark Test results make up a specific proportion of a school-leaver s overall Faculty Points Score. (See the Faculty specific section in this prospectus for more information). The NBT results may also be used to decide admission to an extended or foundation programme. Registration to take the tests It is necessary to register for the National Benchmark Tests. You must register for the NBTs before you apply, whether (online/or before you submit a paper application form); include your NBT registration number in your application; have written the NBTs by 11 October If you think you have valid reasons for not writing the NBTs by 11 October 2015 you may apply before 30 September 2015 to the Admissions Office, for permission to write the NBTs later. Permission will only be granted if there is a valid reason as to why you will not be able to write the NBTs before 11 October