I, Angelina Matsie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, with the concurrence of the Council of Education Ministers and in terms of section 6(A) of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act. No.
The current requirements for the offering of the Music programmes of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, Trinity College of London and UNISA will be incrementally phased out of during the period 2012-2014 as set out in Schedule 1.
From 2014 the offering of the Music programmes of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, Trinity College of London and UNISA as part of the National Senior Certificate programme will be under restricted conditions as set out in Schedule 2.
A learner who offers Music as a Group B subject for the National Senior Certificate and one of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, or Trinity College of London, or the UNISA Practical Music Examination, Grade 7, as an eighth subject, may not offer the same main instrument as a first and second instrument.
The Music programmes of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, or Trinity College of London, or UNISA may not be offered during official school hours, but only as an extra-curricular subject.