What should you take with you to your NBT

What should you take with you to your NBT

What you are allowed to take to the NBT test?

✔️You must bring:

  1. Your ID Book, passport, or a certified receipt of application for South African ID
  2. Your registration letter and EasyPay proof of payment (without this you will not be allowed to write the NBTs - the venue administrator will stamp the receipt and return it to you)
  3. Two HB pencils, an eraser, and a pencil sharpener
  4. Lunch and water, if you are writing both tests

✖️Do not take:

  1. Calculators
  2. Rulers
  3. Dictionaries
  4. Extra paper
  5. Notebooks
  6. iPads, tablets or phones.
Good luck for your test! 🎓

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