Senior Certificate (As Amended)

Are you eager to unlock new opportunities and achieve your educational goals? Look no further than our Senior Certificate (As Amended), designed specifically for individuals who still need to complete Matric or wish to rewrite subjects to obtain their Senior Certificate (as amended).

Embrace the opportunity to obtain your Senior Certificate (As Amended) and open doors to a world of possibilities. Your future starts here, so take that leap and apply now! 

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12 months

To qualify to register for a Senior Certificate (as amended), candidates need to be over the age of 21 and have either:

• a Grade 9 or Standard 7 report stating they passed the year, OR
• a General Education and Training Certificate (GETC), OR
• a recognised equivalent obtained at NQF level 1 which requires two official languages.

Candidates may also register if they have an incomplete Senior Certificate or if their School-Based Assessment (SBA) has expired.

Candidates who want to complete the Senior Certificate (as amended) programme, must register for six subjects, two of which must be official languages.

• Home Language (English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa)
• First Additional Language (English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa)
• Mathematics
• Mathematical Literacy
• Physical Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Geography
• History
• Accounting
• Business Studies
• Economics
• Agricultural Science

A Senior Certificate will be achieved by an adult candidate who meets the following requirements in these exams:

1. Pass three subjects at 40%, one of which must be an official language at Home Language level.
2. Pass two other subjects at 30%.
3. Obtain a subminimum of 20% in the sixth subject.

Candidates who have previously passed Senior Certificate subjects at Higher and Standard Grade levels, may receive credits for those subjects. A Higher Grade pass is recognised at 40% whilst a Standard Grade pass is set at 33.3%.