Introduction
The Grade 10 Subjects Choices product was meticulously designed by esteemed educational psychologist Dr. Lanette Hattingh. It empowers Grade 9 learners to make informed, data-driven decisions regarding their future careers and subject selections.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
The Learner's Journey
Reasoning Ability
Cognitive skills and logic assessments.
Career Interest Exploration
Mapping passions to professional pathways.
Subject Selection & Review
Aligning school subjects with career goals.
Reasoning Ability
Focused on an understanding of words, numbers, and patterns. These quizzes help learners uncover their unique thinking process and identify career fields that align perfectly with their cognitive abilities.
The Three Dimensions
Words
Verbal Reasoning
Numbers
Numerical Reasoning
Patterns
Non-verbal Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning
Verbal reasoning tests how well you understand and work with written information. It looks at your reading, vocabulary, and how you find links or make sense of ideas. These skills help you think clearly, solve problems, and communicate better at school and in future careers.
Numerical Reasoning
Numerical reasoning tests how well you work with numbers and use maths to solve problems. It includes reading data, doing calculations, finding patterns, and understanding how numbers relate. These skills are useful for logical thinking and careers like finance, engineering, and science.
Non-verbal Reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning tests how well you solve problems by using pictures and patterns instead of words. It involves spotting shapes, sequences, and relationships in diagrams or designs. These skills help you think logically and are useful in careers like engineering, design, and technology.
Career Interest Exploration
The career fields below were identified using the Career Interests Explorer. Because this process is intrinsically linked to the learner's reasoning scores, their results directly determined which career pathways were accessible during exploration.
Review the World of Work for a deeper contextual understanding.
🔍 Explore World of WorkThe Explorer Process
Pathway Selection
The learner explored career paths (like Academic or Vocational) and selected Vocational - Foundation Pathway.
Interest Area Selection
Within their chosen pathway, they explored related groupings (e.g., Engineering, Medicine). After reviewing short explainer videos, they selected up to 3 Areas.
Career Field Selection
Finally, they drilled down into specific clusters of related career fields, finalizing the 3 fields displayed below.
Entertainment
Area: Arts and Culture
The entertainment industry in South Africa offers a variety of careers for those with different skills and interests. Popular careers include acting, film and video production, music production, dance, visual arts, screenwriting, and event management. To succeed in this industry, it's important to have strong networking skills, a passion for creativity, and a willingness to learn and grow in your field. The industry is growing and offers exciting opportunities for those who have the right skills and passion.
Environment, Conservation and Waste
Area: Agriculture, Environmental, Animals & Plants
Careers in environment, conservation, and waste management involve protecting and preserving the natural environment, reducing waste and promoting sustainable practices. Environmental scientists and specialists study the impact of human activities on the environment and recommend ways to minimize damage. Conservationists and wildlife biologists work to protect and preserve natural resources, and waste management professionals are responsible for the safe disposal of waste materials. These careers involve a mix of scientific, technical and analytical skills, as well as problem solving, strategic planning, and communication skills. They may involve fieldwork, data collection, and working with various stakeholders.
Farming
Area: Agriculture, Environmental, Animals & Plants
Farming is a career field in South Africa that involves the cultivation of crops and/or raising of livestock for food, fiber, and other products. Professionals in this field plan and implement agricultural operations, manage finances and logistics, and have backgrounds in agriculture, horticulture, animal science, or related fields. Positions in farming include crop farmers, ranchers, and livestock farmers. Farming is an important sector in the South African economy, critical for food security, however, it faces challenges such as land reform, climate change, and access to water which affect productivity.
Subjects Selection & Review
The subjects below were selected through a strictly career-aligned process. The Career Fields the learner chose in the previous section served as the foundation for all academic requirements shown here.
Teacher Subject Review
Following the learner's initial selections, a teacher or counselor reviews their choices to ensure they align with their academic capabilities and career aspirations. Adjustments made by the school are marked with the following active badges:
The Selection Journey
Requirements Review
Reviewed the mandatory subjects strictly required to enter their chosen Career Fields.
Subject Grouping
Selected a tailored Subject Group that best aligned with their career goals.
Language Selection
Chose a Home Language and a First Additional Language.
Elective Subjects
Completed the selection of elective subjects perfectly mapping to their goals.
Compulsory
4Required Electives
0Recommended Electives
2Additional Electives
1Journey Insights
This Learner Journey Report is more than just test scores.
Our system quietly watched how the learner engaged with every single activity to build a truly honest picture of their natural strengths, their genuine interests, and the safest path forward for their future.
The Analytical Journey
Reasoning Quizzes
We measured how long they spent on each question to see their true natural ability instead of just a final test score.
Career Exploration
We tracked which videos they watched to see if they are deeply researching their future or just picking popular jobs.
Subject Selection
We compared dream careers against chosen school subjects, flagging any 'danger zones' where paths misalign.
Journey Insights
We pulled these hidden choices together into one final profile to give you an unbiased picture of who the learner really is.
🎯 Engagement & Effort
- Both reasoning assessments were completed in under half a minute each, with several questions left unanswered — meaning the scores from those quizzes reflect how quickly the learner moved through them, not how capable they actually are.
- The learner's career field choices stayed consistent across visits, but the subject selection exercise went in the opposite direction — most of the time was spent removing options rather than choosing with purpose, which creates a gap between having clear interests and building toward them.
- The one question the learner asked — about entry requirements for architecture at Wits — stands out sharply against the otherwise low engagement across quizzes and subject selection, hinting that a specific, concrete ambition may exist beneath the surface that did not show up anywhere else in the process.
🔗 Alignment & Fit
- The learner's strongest reasoning result came from verbal tasks, yet the career fields selected lean heavily toward practical and outdoor work — an interesting mismatch worth sitting with.
- Without a confirmed subject basket, it is currently unclear whether the learner's chosen career fields have any academic foundation being built to support them.
📊 Confidence Level
- Because both timed assessments show extremely fast, incomplete responses with no answer rechecking, these results are better treated as a starting point than a true picture of the learner's reasoning ability.
- A five-star rating with no written feedback, paired with very low engagement throughout, suggests the learner may have rated the experience quickly and reflexively — much like the assessments themselves — rather than from a place of genuine satisfaction.
