Registration for the 2017 Senior Certificate, which will be written in May/June 2018, opened on Sunday 1 October and closes on Wednesday 31 January 2018.
In 2014, the Department of Basic Education revised requirements for the Senior Certificate (matric) qualification for adults, to bring it in line with the CAPS curriculum.
The following learners qualify to register for the Senior Certificate exams for adults:
1. Adult learners who are 21 years and older, who have one of the following:
- A General Education and Training Certificate (GETC) for Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET); or
- A Grade 9 (Standard 7) school report, stating they have passed Grade 9, or a recognised equivalent qualification obtained at NQF Level 1, which requires two official languages.
2. Adult learners who are 21 years and older and who have passed some subjects for a Senior Certificate or a National Senior Certificate, and who:
- Need to complete a Senior Certificate qualification;
- Have an incomplete National Senior Certificate, and whose School-Based Assessment (SBA) has expired;
- Did the NSC in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 may apply to register.
3. In exceptional cases, youths aged 18 to 20 years of age, and are not in school, can apply to the Head of Education in the Western Cape to write the exams if they have one of the following:
- A General Education and Training Certificate (GETC) for Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET); or
- A Grade 9 (Standard 7) school report, stating they have passed Grade 9, or a recognised equivalent qualification obtained at NQF Level 1, which requires two official languages.
Applications with supporting documents and a motivation can be submitted to:
Head: Education
Western Cape Education Department
For attention: Mr A Clausen
Private Bag X9114
Cape Town, 8000 or hand delivered to the Examination Walk in Centre, Grand Central Building, Cape Town.
Please note that candidates are not permitted to register online. They can register only by completing the relevant application form.
For all the information people need on the Senior Certificate for adults, see “Adult Matric” at https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/.
