Matric Upgrade/Rewrite 2022
Everything you need to know
If you didn’t get the results you were hoping for in Matric, you qualify to write a second national exam in the year immediately after your Matric final. You can also re-enroll for your Matric year, and retake the end of year exams, up to 3 years after you completed Matric. If you Matriculated more than 3 years ago, you can apply for an Amended Senior Certificate. The following routes to the qualification are available to obtain a matric certificate: a National Senior Certificate (NSC) or a Senior Certificate (SC).
Matriculated after 2019
If you are younger than 21 years old you most likely qualify for a NSC (November NSC or June NSC) . Below are the available routes one can take.
Full-Time route
if you are under 21 years old, and matriculated less than three years ago, you can apply to redo your matric again. This means you will have to take all matric exams again (mid-year, prelims and finals at the end of the year) .
Part-Time Route
if you failed your matric exams or passed but want to improve your results, or reached Grade 12 but never wrote their exams can register as part-time candidates to write the NSC. You must be under 21 years old and matriculated less than three years ago. On this route may write all, or just some, matric subjects.
Matriculated before 2020
Senior Certificate (SC) examination is a school leaving qualification for adults and out-of school learners(when you are 21 years or older)
It caters for those who completed Grade 9 but dropped out of school before reaching the Grade 12 examinations, as well as those who wrote their matric exams more than three years ago, and either failed or passed but want to improve their results. Some may also want to change or add subjects to their matric qualification.
The SC is an equivalent qualification to the NSC, but while the NSC combines examinations and the School-Based Assessment to reach a final result, the SC is based only on examinations.
How, Where and When to register for NSC and SC
National Senior Certificate (NSC)
You may register at any provincial education office (which includes the provincial head office, the district office or a circuit office) OR register online on www.eservices.gov.za. Closing date June NSC is 26 March 2022 and November NSC is 12 March 2022
To register you will need the following documents
- Copy of your ID/Passport
- Copy of your results
- Copy of proof of residence (a bank statement from your bank will do).
For extensive list of requirements visit November NSC or June NSC
Amended Senior Certificate (SC)
You may register at any provincial education office (which includes the provincial head office, the district office or a circuit office) OR register online on www.eservices.gov.za. Closing date 31 January 2022.
To register you will need the following documents.
- Completed registration form
- A certified copy of your ID document or birth certificate or passport (foreign candidates)
- Repeater candidates must attach a copy of their previous highest qualification If you have you entered and wrote any other Grade 12 or equivalent examination before you will need to supply the examination numbers for those exams
How to prepare
DBE has a collection of online resources through the Second Chance Programme
Other resource
Free online videos : Khan Academy
For easy to understand explanations : Better Explained
Articles on strategies to study : Scott Young
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If face-to-face learning is your thing, you’re in luck. Consider joining our Zero to Mastery (Matric Upgrade/Rewrite classes) offered at R250 pm. These classes are designed to help you get the marks that will help you get into university. We aim to deliver what we would have received if we were on the other hand.