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ASSA-Coordinated subjects
A-Level subjects (A211, A213, A311), F1-Level subjects (excluding F107), and the N211 subject, study notes are available to purchase via ActEd as eBooks.
F107 subject (including B100), F2-Level subjects (including B200), and the N311.05 subject, study notes are available to purchase via the ASSA webshop in eBook format that can be printed or in hard copy format. Hard copies for students outside of South Africa are available on request only
and will include additional courier costs.
IFoA-Coordinated subjects
Study material is available to purchase via ActEd.
ActEd has a variety of study material products such as core readings, assignments, study guides, mock exams, flashcards and revisions notes.
Notes available on the ActEd website – IFoA Subject Code:
- A111 = CS1
- A112 = CB2
- A113 = CB1
- A212 = CS2
- A214 = CM2
- F106 = SP9
Pre-Exam Support Programmes
Education Tuition Course
The ASSA Tuition Course is an online course with an approximate 30 hours (50 hours for A311) of contact time, virtual or face-to-face, which may include:
- Lectures
- Assignments of at least 100 marks (Compulsory)
- Pre-recorded videos
- Exam preparation session
- 1 x compulsory Content Practice Exam (CPE) – marked with feedback before final exam. The following subjects each have Paper A and Paper B as part of their CPE: A212, A213, A214 and A311.
(CPE for N311.03 is not available) - CPE Feedback session
Short Course
The ASSA short course is an online course of approximate 10 hours, with limited contact time, including:
- Lecture on exam techniques, if available
- Past exam questions – review and discussion
- Assignments of a min 100 marks (compulsory)
- 1 x compulsory Content Practice Exam (CPE) – marked with feedback before final exam. The following subjects each have Paper A and Paper B as part of their CPE: A212, A213, A214 and A311.
- CPE Feedback session
The short course offering is only applicable to A212 & A214. This course is ideal if you have attempted the exam before and you are relatively familiar with the course content.
Content Practice Exams (CPE)
The ASSA CPE Only offering includes:
- Assignments (optional)
- 1 x compulsory Content Practice Exam (CPE) – marked with feedback before final exam. The following subjects each have Paper A and Paper B as part of their CPE: A212, A213, A214 and A311.
- CPE Feedback session
The CPE (for all offerings) will be available and completed on the ASSA learning platform. The CPE will be marked and feedback will be provided to each student. The CPE is set by the course leader and and is peer-reviewed to ensure that the CPE meets the exam standard.
CPE exams are also available for IFoA outsourced subjects through ASSA.
Subjects with 2 exam papers will also have 2 CPE papers and both papers are compulsory for the CPE.
F200 Exam Preparation Workshop
The F200 exam preparation workshop is a free workshop specifically designed for Fellowship (F2) level studies. The workshop is presented by the chairman of the ASSA Examination Board to assist students with exam techniques.
The workshop is not subject specific and will cover skills and techniques required across all F2 level exams.
ThinkActuary
The ThinkActuary platform allows you to practice past exam questions, and identifies exam topics that you are less comfortable with to make sure you spend time where it’s most beneficial. As you progress through completing practice questions you can either self-assess or you can opt to have your attempts marked by qualified actuaries.
ThinkActuary will be included in the ESI course and Content Practice Exam offering for A311, F102, F103, F105, F106, F201, F202 & F203 (More subjects coming soon).
If you do not plan on registering for the ASSA ESI course or Content Practice Exam, but would like to monitor your level of readiness towards the exam to maximise your chances of getting that pass, you can sign up for ThinkActuary in your personal capacity via the ThinkActuary website.
Post-Exam Support Programmes
Exam Counselling
Exam counselling is a one-on-one session you will have with an assigned exam counsellor who is a subject matter expert. The session will cover your previous exam attempt and focus on areas of improvement to ensure that you excel at your next exam attempt.
Exam counselling is only applicable to candidates who received an FA or FB in the previous semester’s exam sitting. Meaning, only candidates who receive an FA or FB for the 2025 semester 1 exam, will be allowed to register for exam counselling in 2025 semester 2.
Examiner’s Workshop
Examiner’s workshops take the form of group counselling sessions specifically covering the previous semester’s exam paper. Each examiner’s workshop is presented by the examiner/s of the ASSA exam in each subject.
The sessions will run for approximately 2 hours, per subject per semester, subject to sufficient demand.
Examiner’s Workshops are offered to candidates who have either:
- Obtained an unsuccessful attempt in the previous semester’s exam. or,
- Who intend registering to write in the upcoming exam session
During each workshop, the subject-specific examiner takes participating candidates through the exam and trends that have been identified in the most exam session. Participants who wrote the previous semester’s exam will have access to their scripts.
Note: The workshop is applicable to the exam written in the previous semester only.
ASSA Bursary: Support Programmes
The Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) is committed to supporting its members on their journey to qualification. As part of this commitment, ASSA offers bursaries for selected education support offerings to help ease the financial burden of professional development.
What ASSA Bursaries Cover
Bursaries are only available for the following ASSA specific education support offerings:
- Education Tuition Course
- Short Course
- Content Practice Exam (CPE)
- Exam Counselling
Note: The ASSA bursary does not cover the Normative Skills Programme.
How to Apply for the ASSA Bursary
- Register for your chosen ASSA education support offering
- Submit a letter of motivation in support of your bursary application to the ASSA office
- The ASSA office will send you the bursary application form, detailing the:
- Eligibility requirements
- What is expected from students during the support programme
Contact: assaadmin@actuarialsociety.org.za
Bursary Award
The ASSA bursary awards students a percentage of the cost of the education support offering that the student is registered for, up to R5,000. The award amount is agreed upon when the bursary application is approved.
Approval of bursary application is dependent on the student’s performance and meeting the completion requirements. The award will be added to the student’s ASSA member account, no cash pay-outs will be made directly to the member.
Bursary Completion Requirements
Tuition Only
- You are expected to attend at least 90% of the lectures. Please contact the office if you are unable to attend any lectures. You will be required to request an appeal of attendance if you have exceeded the maximum of 10% lectures which you are allowed to miss.
- Punctual attendance will be essential since late attendance might be considered as a missed lecture.
- Appeals for missing a lecture will be considered if you have mitigating circumstances such as a family or a health emergency.
- Permission will not be given for work emergencies as we would expect you to get your employer’s / manager’s approval to do this course, with their understanding that you must attend the lectures.
- You are expected to study the relevant chapters before the lecture.
- Active participation is required in the lectures, both in terms of informing the lecturer where you are struggling, as well as answering questions put to the class.
Tuition & Content Practice Exam
- You are expected to make a serious attempt at the class assignments. Whilst these are not always marked, they are used to create discussion points in the lecture.
- Poor participation and inactive engagement in class assignments, could result in forfeiting of the course, which means you will be financially liable for payment of the support offering.
- You must complete all allocated assignments.
- You are expected to make a serious attempt at the CPE.
- Should you achieve less than 40% in the CPE, you will be financially liable for payment of the support offering.
- There will be regular feedback forms throughout the course which you are required to complete.
Exam Counselling
- You are expected to make a serious attempt at meeting the counsellors needs and be in attendance of the counselling session
