The National Policy on the conduct of Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) Level 4 Examinations provides rules and conditions relating to the conduct and administration of these examinations. This will serve to govern the rights and privileges of all persons involved with the examination process. These include all the officials who are involved in the administration of the examination, the candidates, parents of minors and institutions that require examination results.

The conducting of examinations in ABET sites of learning is a provincial competency, but the setting of question papers and other functions can also be performed on a national basis by the Department of Education. The focus of the policy would be the administration of examinations and it will seek to be prescriptive on matters that are essential to the conducting of a successful examination However, on a wide range of issues the document will serve as a guideline to assist provincial examining bodies in drafting their detailed plan of action. The National Policy on ABET Level 4 Examinations will focus on the conduct of examinations and will not address assessment in its broader context.