For parents of Grade 11s
The report universities read first is the Grade 11 one.
Your child applies in matric, before final results exist. So several universities make their first selections on the final Grade 11 report. See where your child stands while there is still time to move the marks.
Where does your child stand?
Choose one programme and type in the latest report. It takes about a minute.
In Grade 11 yourself?
Use the check as often as you like. To save a plan, a parent or guardian has to approve it first if you're under 18, and they would usually make the payment. The quickest way is to send them this page.
Why the Grade 11 report counts.
Applications open before matric results exist.
Most universities open in April of matric. Final results only arrive the following January.
So selection starts on the last full-year report.
Universities such as UP ask applicants still in matric for their final Grade 11 results, and rank on them. Any offer stays provisional until final results are in.
One subject can matter more than the total.
Programmes set minimums for single subjects as well as the APS. A strong total won't carry a Mathematics mark one level short.
From the report to the first closing date.
December
The final Grade 11 report
The marks universities such as UP will ask for.
January
Matric starts
Oriva moves your child on to Grade 12 by itself.
April
Applications expected to open
Each programme on the shortlist becomes an application, with its dates.
End of June
First closing dates expected
Competitive programmes often close first.
End of September
Most closing dates expected
Residence and bursary deadlines run alongside them.
Application dates are expected, based on the last published year. Each university confirms its own.
One plan, from now to the application.
- The career assessment first: 48 questions, and careers ranked by fit. It's free.
- A shortlist of programmes across institutions, and where the marks stand against each one's published minimums.
- The subject holding back the most targets, and the mark to aim for in the next report.
- Marks kept report by report: a new term never overwrites the last.
- Bursaries matched to your child's field of interest and APS.
- A Grade 12 preview: expected dates, last year's fees, which programmes need the NBT.
- In Grade 12, each target becomes an application, with its dates.
The shortlist
Grade 11 · Term 3 marks- University of JohannesburgBCom AccountingMeets every published minimum
- University of the WitwatersrandBEng (Engineering)Below on 1 minimum
- Tshwane University of TechnologyDiploma in Information TechnologyMeets every published minimum
Your top gap: Mathematics, below the minimum for 1 of your 3 targets.
Meeting a published minimum is not an offer: universities rank applicants, and places are limited.
R 100, once.
In Grade 11, R 100 covers 12 months from the day you pay, so it carries on into Grade 12 in January. When the twelve months end, the rest of Grade 12 is its own R 100, and what you've saved carries over. There is no subscription, and nothing renews.
Start with the free career assessmentThe career assessment comes first, and it is free. Then one learner, one payment, through PayFast.
What you can hold us to.
- Your child's marks stay private.
- They are visible only to your family, and you can delete everything from settings at any time.
- You approve first.
- A learner under 18 can't start until a parent or legal guardian says yes, and you can withdraw that at any time.
- We organise, you apply.
- Oriva organises and tracks. You submit each application on the institution's own portal, and nobody can promise you a place.
- You know who we are.
- Oriva is built in South Africa by Smaks Enterprise (Pty) Ltd, registration 2024/634827/07. Write to support@oriva.tech.
What parents ask.
Isn't Grade 11 too early?
It's the last full school year before applications. They open while your child is in matric, before final results exist, so the final Grade 11 report is often the first full set of results a university sees. Starting now leaves time to lift a subject.
Who does what, my child or me?
Your child answers the 48 questions and enters the marks, report by report. You follow the plan in the parent view, on the same account. One account holds up to 4 children, each unlocked on their own.
What if the marks aren't there yet?
That's what the plan is for. Oriva shows the subject holding back the most targets and the mark to aim for. If a degree stays out of reach, Oriva also covers TVET colleges and private institutions, which have their own entry requirements.
Which institutions does Oriva cover?
16 of South Africa's major universities, with 87 courses between them, all 50 public TVET colleges and 19 registered private institutions. That's not every institution in the country. For a Grade 11, requirements come from the latest published year and are labelled with it, and application dates are marked as expected until each university confirms them.
Is the assessment a psychological test?
No. It's a 48-question career interest assessment based on the Holland/RIASEC framework: a structured way to open the conversation, not a verdict, and not a psychological assessment.
See where your child stands.
One programme, one report, about a minute.