SA Matric Exams

Use these previous exam papers to revise and prepare for the upcoming NSC exams. This way you can find out what you already know and what you don't know. Click on this link to see all years Past Papers OR CLICK HERE   OR BETTER STILL CLICK HERE

       There are several ways learners can get their individual matric results. The Department of Basic Education website ( link here ) Candidates’ partial results will be made available on the Department of Basic Education website. IEB Website ( link here ) Learners who wrote the IEB exams can visit the IEB Online website News24 Matric Results Portal ( link here ) News24 has partnered with the IEC (Electoral Commission) to bring South Africans the matric results. The EWN matric portal ( link here ) The EWN  matric results portal makes it possible for learners to get their results online on the day of release. Sowetan Live matric portal ( link here ) The Sowetan Live matric portal offers National Senior Certificate learners a pre-registration service to receive their results and share them on social media.   SABC Education The SABC Education Matric Results service will release the results to students  ...

If you're in the dark about what the minimum pass requirements for matric are, here's all you need to know.    Every year around exam time and then again when results are released, there seems to be confusion about the matric pass requirements. Often, you even hear people saying, "Agh, you only need 30% to pass." This is misleading and simply not true, because the pass requirements aren't as simple as you may think. As a matric student, you need to take at least 7 subjects and at the very least, you need to pass your home language at a minimum of 40%, two other subjects at 40% as well, and three others at 30%, in order to obtain a higher certificate pass. Thus, as Elijah Mhlanga, a spokesman for the Department of Basic Education explains, “If the learner does not satisfy the minimum subject requirements, he will not be awarded with the [National Senior Certificate], even though he may have attained an exceptionally high mark in one or two of...

Scoring a neat 97% aggregate in the final matric exams placed Christine, who just graduated from Hoërskool De Kuilen in Kuilsrivier, Cape Town, in the second position in South Africa (quintile 5) for matric 2016. Let's first pore over her marks: English Home Language: 99% Afrikaans Huistaal: 96% Mathematics: 98% Information technology: 98% Life sciences: 96% Physical sciences: 95% Life orientation: 99% No surprise then that she was invited to the prestigious prize-giving event at Vodacom World where minister Angie Motshekga announced the matric results for 2016. We asked Christine a few questions: What were your favourite subjects? CV: I love maths and took AdMaths (an advanced mathematics programme) after school too. I find biology particularly interesting, and then I also enjoy the practical aspect of IT. Did you do any extracurricular activities? I did fencing at the Tygerberg Fencing club. I also play piano and the drums. What advice can you...

As matric celebrations die down and the Class of 2016 start their last year of school, taking a little time to bed down a solid routine can mean the difference between failure and success, an education expert says. “These past weeks have seen many celebrations and accolades afforded to the top matriculants of 2015. When considering what made them get to the top, there is one thing that really stands out – routine,” says Nola Payne, Head of Faculty: Information Technology at The Independent Institute of Education, SA’s largest and most accredited private higher education institution. “Almost without exception, these high achievers, regardless of their backgrounds, credited being organised and focused on their goals as being key to their success,” she says. Payne says both this year’s matrics as well as students preparing to enter higher education for the first time can make their lives much easier, and their studies more successful, if they set in place a solid struct...

It's time! Months and months of hard work is all coming together now as you prepare for the final stretch. Here's a handy calendar printable with all the dates of each paper. Simply click, save and print. All exam details follow below. Best of luck, matrics! Abbreviations: HL: Home language FAL: First additional language SAL: Second additional language P: Paper

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