The 2025 May/June National Senior Certificate Examinations kicked off on Monday 12 May with more than 37 000 candidates writing exams in the Western Cape during this session.
This is a standalone exam session for candidates writing both the National Senior Certificate and the Senior Certificate.
In all, 25 615 candidates will write one or more of their matric-exam subjects, to improve or complete subjects they enrolled for in their Grade 12 exams previously.
A further 11 609 candidates will write the exams for their Senior Certificate, which allow adults to complete a high school education.
The subject with the largest number of candidates writing is mathematical literacy, with 16 584 candidates writing Paper 1 on Friday 16 May and Paper 2 on Monday 19 May.
In total, 54 subjects will be written over the coming weeks, at 165 exam centres. The exams end on Wednesday 25 June and the results will be available on Friday 8 August.
Bronagh Hammond, spokesperson for the Western Cape Education Department, said this is a mammoth administrative undertaking, and thanked all the officials for the hard work they do throughout the year to prepare for and run these exam sessions.
“We appeal to everyone in our province to support our candidates as they write their exams,” she said, “so that they have the best possible chance of achieving their goals and having better career opportunities as a result.”
Additional resources such as examination question papers and memos, and Grade 12 subject content can all be found at:
https://www.westerncape.gov.za/education/national-senior-certificate-nsc-exams-june.
