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ADULT MATRIC CENTRES

There are many people South Africa who do not require Basic Education skills, but failed to complete their matric for various reasons. Below is general information I have found, followed by a list of training centres that I have sourced that offer matric courses for mature learners.

Please note, I do not have access to matric results. To obtain these, please contact one of the links given below.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Ways to get your current matric results

School

• Go to your school and request results from them

Online

The links below publish exam results. Make sure you have your exam number available. Due to high volumes visiting these sites please be patient if you can't access them immediately.

In addition, some provinces also have facilities to search for matric results:

• Province of Eastern Cape Matric results
• Gauteng Department of Education Exam results results
• Department of Education Kwazulu-Natal Exam queries
• North West Province Department of Education Grade 12 Exam results and past examination question papers

Telephone

SMSs cost R3.00 each and calls are charged at standard rates.

• Register via SMS your ID number and exam number  to 35935 sms cost R3 to get your matric results
• Call 082 152 on the day the results are released, select option 6, input your ID and exam number and listen to their results.

Obtaining past matric results

The Matric Results website has an archive of results that go back to 2004.

National Senior Certificate for Adults (NASCA)

An exciting development that is currently in draft form is the National Senior Certificate for Adults (NASCA). More information can be found on the Umalusi website.

The NASCA is a qualification that will become as well regarded by the South African public, employers and institutions of learning as the National Senior Certificate is. The NASCA is different to qualifications that South Africans know—it takes the form of a set of challenge exams which allow candidates to show what they are capable of. There are no formal learning programme requirements, although people are advised that participating in a programme is likely to improve one’s chances of passing the examinations. The main features of the qualification are:

• The candidate must enroll for four subjects, two of which are compulsory.
• A language (either at Home Language or at First Additional Language level) and Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy are compulsory.
• The remaining two subjects must be selected from the following list of subjects: Human and Social Studies; Natural Sciences; Economic and Management Sciences; another language at either Home Language or First Additional Language Level.
• A candidate is required to pass all four subjects with a minimum of 45%.
• Candidates may write all the subjects at a single examination sitting, or may write them at different sittings.
• Candidates may rewrite subjects if they wish to improve their marks.
• NASCA examinations will initially be offered once a year, but the intention is to create an examination system for the qualification that will allow candidates to write on demand.
• Candidates are required to complete the qualification within six years of initial registration.

Find out more from this downloadble pdf document.

Department of Education - Matric Forms
The following forms are available for download as PDF from the Department of Education's website:

• Application Procedures
• Re-Issue Matric Cert
• App for Correction Matric Cert
• Application for Matric Statement
• Reissue of a lost certificate

The South African Government services websites gives detailed step-by-step instructions on how to go about getting a copy of your matric certificate.

Matriculation Board - FAQ
Useful information on how to obtain matric exemption certificates, particularly useful if applying for exemption on the grounds of mature age or because you are a foreigner.

The Matriculation Board
The Matriculation Board is an advisory committee on minimum admission requirements to Higher Education South Africa (HESA), the organisation which marks the coming together of the South African Universities Vice-Chancellors Association (SAUVCA) and the Committee of Technikon Principals (CTP).Its functions include:

• Certifying applications for exemption from the matriculation endorsement requirements;
• Benchmarking foreign and SADC qualifications and maintaining international profiles on 169 countries; and;
• Providing critical advisory services to schools, parents and HE institutions.

In its service to students and institutions in 2006, more than 28 000 certificates were issued and the Matriculation Board continues to provide an important service to students who do not meet the statutory minimum admission requirements to enter first HE degree studies in South Africa.

Umalusi - Council for quality assurance in general and further education and training Umalusi improves quality in public adult learning centres in South Africa, as well as in private and community-based organizations that offer basic education by :

• quality assuring the examinations for the General Education and Training Certificate (GETC) for adults, as well as the internal assessment that lead to this qualifications.
• monitoring the quality of qualifications and curriculum.
• accrediting private education centres directly

There is a searchable list of accredited providers on their website.

The SA-YES Resource Bank South African Youth Education for Sustainability
The SA-YES Resource Bank (RB) is a PDF document containing a directory of websites and contacts on topics ranging from counselling to CV tips and further education to finding employment.

WHERE TO STUDY

Damelin
This is also a correspondence College which offers National Senior Certificate Grade 10
National Senior Certificate Grade 11
National Senior Certificate Grade 12
Senior Certificate Grade 12
Information on these courses is downloadable in pdf format.

Abbotts College
Abbotts College accepts students into Grade 10 or 11 or 12. Those students who wish to be treated as young adults while being supported, encouraged and extended as they strive to reach their personal goals, will find the Abbotts College system most rewarding.

Equip Skills for living
Their education programs run from the Florida Park High School. Because most of their learners, aged between 18 and 64 are working, the courses are delivered in the evenings. Grade 12 learners are offered tuition in 11 subjects 4 evenings a week culminating in the national senior certificate examinations in May & June. Email: info@equipskills.org

Jeppe Education Centre
Jeppe Education Center is a division of Jeppe Adult Education Center, a 2001 winner of the Guinness UDV Adult Literacy Award for Unique and Independent Adult Literacy provision in the inner city of Johannesburg. We are proud that since the inception of the institution more than 5000 learners have successfuly matriculated in both the mainstream Senior Certificate Examinations (now known as the National Senior Certificate) and the Adult Based Education and Training (ABET) examination. Courses here include:
- GRADE 8 FOR 2011
- GRADE 9 FOR 2011
- GRADE 10 FOR 2011
- GRADE 11 FOR 2011
- GRADE 12 FOR 2011
- GRADE 12 REWRITE FOR 2011 

Franciscan Matric Project
The Franciscan Matric Project began in January 1986 in response to requests from concerned parents on the East Rand.  Students had either failed their matriculation exams or were unable to write due to disruptions in their schools and communities.  The aim was to help those students that for one reason or another needed an opportunity to rewrite Matric (Grade 12).  A real “second” chance was offered. Each year the project has obtained consistently good matric results, with a high exemption rate, especially in Maths and Science.

Matric.co.za
If you have left school and still have to pass matric or are wondering what to do after matric with your qualification, this web directory will show you a world of opportunities.