If you are unsatisfied with your matric results and wish you could rewrite certain subjects or improve on your results altogether, you can.
After receiving your matric results and realizing that you are unhappy, you can immediately apply for the second national matric examinations, which was previously known as the supplementary exams.
You also have the option to re-enroll in high school for your matric year and write the final exam as you previously did, but this is only allowed if you have been out of high school for less than five years.
If you wish to write the matric exam and have been out of school for more than five years, you can apply for the Amended Senior Certificate (SC), which is equivalent to the National Senior Certificate (NSC).
The only different between the NSC and the SC is that with the NSC, you have completed matric through school assessments and exams but the SC only requires you to successfully complete the matric exams.
While the supplementary exams is your second chance to complete matric and receive your NSC, if you fail the supplementary exams, it does not mean you will never be able to get a matric qualification. You can apply to rewrite your matric year again, though you would have to wait slightly longer to achieve your academic goals.
There are also Adult Matric and Matric Upgrade options for people who do not succeed in the second chance exams.
Matric Upgrades are for those who wish to improve the marks of certain subjects without having to rewrite all the matric exams and Adult Matric is for those who have been out of school for more than five years and wish to complete matric.
The opportunities to obtain your matric qualifications are endless and you receive at least three chances to improve your results or gain your matric qualification, so your academic goals do not have to come to an end if you did not receive the required results or haven't completed matric, there is still a chance for you to achieve your goal.
The Department of Basic Education facilitates Matric rewrites through the Second Chance Matric Programme. Head to the DBE website for more information on the Second Chance Matric Programme and Matric rewrites.
