Full Requirements to qualify for Supplementary Examinations In terms of the Regulations pertaining to the Conduct, Administration and Management of Assessment for the National Senior Certificate, the following candidates are allowed to write the Supplementary Examination: (a) A candidate who has not met the minimum promotion and certification requirements, and requires a maximum of two subjects to obtain the National Senior Certificate; (b) A candidate who was medically indisposed and, as a result, was absent from one or more external examinations; (c) A candidate who does not satisfy the minimum higher education requirements and higher education faculty requirements. In such cases the candidate must be one requirement short in meeting the minimum admission requirements for Higher Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor’s Degree programmes; (d) A candidate who provides documentary evidence that he or she is being considered for an occupation but is one requirement short for the specific occupation; and (e) A candidate who experienced death in the immediate family, or other special reasons for the candidate’s absence. The other important prescripts relating to the writing of the Supplementary Examination are the following: (a) The School-Based Assessment (SBA) of the Grade 12 year is used, including practical or oral assessment marks where applicable, in order to meet the School-Based Assessment and external examination requirements. (b) In cases where an irregularity is being investigated, provisional enrolment for the Supplementary Examination may be granted to the candidate concerned, pending the outcome of the investigation. Application for Supplementary Examinations Supplementary Examinations will be written from 16 February 2015 to 24 March 2015 and will be at no additional cost. Candidates will write supplementary examinations either at the school where the November examination was written or at a centre designated for the supplementary examinations. Candidates will be informed on registration as to where they will be written. Supplementary examination results will be released on 30 April 2015 Application for Re-marking and Re-checking Application forms for re-checking and re-marking are available at the schools and centres where the candidates sat for their exams as well as at District offices. Learners will be able to register to write the supplementary examinations by applying at their schools or centres where they sat, by 21 January 2015, Results will be released on 10 February 2015. Costs associated with Re-Marking and Re-Checking The fees are R80 for re-marking, R18 for re-checking and R160 for viewing a re-checked or re-marked examination script. Candidates from no-fee schools and learners whose parents have applied and have been granted a concession on the payment of schools fees are exempted from payment of re-marking and rechecking fees. Results will be released on 10 February 2015. Additional Options for learners wishing to improve unfavourable results Re-do your Matric Learners who do not qualify for supplementary exams and can go back to school to re-do their Matric. For those unable or unwilling to return to the same school, private colleges present another option. If you fail Grade 12, it is possible to move across to a college, where the qualification may be attained. FET Colleges for Vocational Training Candidates can also opt for vocational training. Certificate (Vocational) and the N Courses (N3 –N6) accommodates learners who have not achieved a Matric certificate and these learners are able to exit the FET College with a vocational qualification. Learners with credits from the National Senior Certificate (Matric) will receive recognition for equivalent subjects when enrolling for the NC(V), which can serve as incentive for entry to the Vocational stream.” Studying without Matric or Matric Exemption “Even if your matric certificate does not give you university entrance, it’s possible you qualify for an alternative course of study that, though slightly different, may still be in line with your career aspirations, an option that’s often disregarded or underestimated is to enroll for shorter courses. If a learner has passed Grade 10, they can start any programme at NQF 3 level to advance to NQF 4 and sometimes NQF 5 level programmes. A programme at NQF level 4 is at the same academic level as Grade 12. So while a qualification at NQF4 does not mean that you have Matric, it is an equivalent to Matric and will ultimately allow you to apply for those jobs where the minimum qualification is Matric.”
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