When Will 2024 Final Matric Exams End?


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The Matric Class of 2024 are now writing their final National Senior Certificate examinations. This year sees over 800 000 candidates sit to write their 2024 final matric exams.


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The 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations are a significant milestone for South African students. This year's final matric examinations commenced on 21 October 2024.

For the 2024 school year, 732,448 full-time candidates are registered for the NSC exams, an increase of 8 400 compared to 2023. 136 195 part-time candidates are also registered to sit for various subjects this year.

The NSC exams for 2024 will end on 28 November 2024 as thousands of matric write at more than 6 900 centres nationwide. More than 1.1 million candidates have registered to write the November 2024 NSC, NC(V): L2-L4, NATED Report 190/191 (N2-NN3), and GETC.

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Full Matric Results Release Schedule

Matric results for 2024 will be announced by the Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, on 15 January 2025. Statements of matric results will be available on 16 January 2025 for students to collect at their exam centres.

The Department released the matric results release schedule:

Activity 

Date 

Matric Exam Marks Are Captured 

16 December 2024 

Pre-standardisation meeting 

22/23 December 2024

Umalusi standardisation meeting 

24 December 2024 

National Examination Irregularities Committee (NEIC) meeting 

28 December 2024 

Umalusi Approval of Results 

7 January 2025 

Minister Announcement of Matric Exam Results 

15 January 2025 

Provincial Release of Results 

16 January 2025

After The Matric Results Release

The Department of Basic Education has made it clear: if you have any queries, you need to submit them within 30 days of the results being released. Students are urged to make sure their names and ID numbers are correct on their statement of results.

All corrections need to be reported before 21 February 2025.

If you're not satisfied with your results, or if you think there might have been an error, you can apply for a recheck or remark. The fees are R116 per paper for a remark and R29 per paper for a recheck. The deadline for these applications is 21 January 2025.

If you’re still unhappy after a remark or recheck, you can even request to view your exam script for a fee of R220. Just make sure to apply within 7 days after those results are out.

Matric remark results will be released from 14 March 2025, and you can collect them at the same school or exam centre where you wrote your exams.

If you’re thinking about rewriting a paper to improve your results, the May/June 2025 matric exam rewrite is your opportunity. Applications are open and will close on 7 February 2025, so don’t miss out.

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Post-Matric Options

 

We helped you with past papers for your matric exams, so hopefully you are happy with your Matric results. So now you are faced with a lot of post-matric options that can shape your future paths. You might want to study law, teaching, or nursing. Of course studying is expensive so we have helpful advice about student loans, NSFAS bursaries, Fundi loans, ISFAP, and lots of other funding options.

These options range from pursuing higher education at universities , TVET Colleges or  private colleges, finding student accommodation, entering vocational training programs (like Learnerships and internships), joining the workforce, or even starting your own business. There are so many choices but we are here to help.

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