Department of Basic Education NSC Life Sciences specification
The specification is Department of Basic Education's own description of the Life Sciences course: what you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. The link below opens the board's PDF on education.gov.za, so you always get its current version.
Open the specification (PDF) (opens education.gov.za in a new tab)Everything for Department of Basic Education NSC Life Sciences, with the past papers, grade boundaries and the notes and flashcards people have shared.
Revising from the Life Sciences specification
Work through the specification's content list and mark what you are unsure of, then practise those parts with DBE's past papers.
Common questions
Where can I find the DBE NSC Life Sciences specification?
The link on this page opens Department of Basic Education's own copy of the Life Sciences specification, a PDF on its website, so you always get the current version. We link to it rather than keep a copy.
What is in the Life Sciences specification?
A specification is the board's own description of the course: the content you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. It is the most useful single document to revise from, because every exam question has to come from it.
Can I make practice questions from the specification?
Yes. cookie can make exam-style questions from a specification and mark your answers, so you can practise the parts you are least sure of once you run out of past papers.
More specifications: every NSC specification we link.
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