Senior Certificate (SC) Exams May|June

• Examination Helpline: Monday – Friday | 07:30 – 15:30 | tel. 0861 819 919 (Option 2)
• Exam.Registrations@westerncape.gov.za

Exam District Offices

Registration: June 2027 SC examination

• Online Registration (SC Only): 1 October 2026 – 5 February 2027 (NO late applications will be accepted)

  www.eservices.gov.za

• Manual Registration (NSC and SC): 2 November 2026 – 5 February 2027 (NO late applications will be accepted)

ENQUIRIES: 

• Examination Helpline: Monday – Friday | 07:30 – 15:30 | tel. 0861 819 919 (Option 2)
• Exam.Registrations@westerncape.gov.za

1. Ensure that all names as per your identity document are included on the statement of results.
2. Check that your name(s) and surname are spelled correctly.
3. Check that the correct date of birth/identity number is printed on the results.

Please note: Administrative errors like these can be rectified within three months after the results have been released.

If there are any errors on the results, contact the WCED Head Office with the following documents:

• Current statement of results
• Certified copy of the identity document
• Affidavit, declaring that you are the rightful owner of the statement of results
• Specify the error to be rectified
• Complete the reissuing application form.

Payment | Fees

Remarking: R130 (per subject)
Rechecking: R40 (per subject)
Viewing of scripts (only after remarking and rechecking): R240 (per subject & non-refundable)

Payments can be made by EFT or into the WCED's Nedbank account:

WCED Banking Details

Remark

• Applications for remark can only be done online using a computer with Google Chrome.
• Remark applications cannot be made via a Cellphone.

Applications are ONLY available online at:

www.eservices.gov.za

Enquiries for a remark | recheck

• Examination Helpline: Monday – Friday | 07:30 – 15:30 | tel. 0861 819 919 (Option 2)
• ExamResults@westerncape.gov.za

Who qualifies?

1. An application to view your answer scripts can only be made after your scripts have been remarked | rechecked.
2. The purpose of viewing of marked and remarked scripts is provide you with an opportunity to confirm that the scripts were marked in its entirety and the marks are a true reflection of your performance in the examination.

What is an application for a viewing?

• Applications to view your subject paper answer script MUST be made within seven (7) days of the release of remarked results and you MUST provide very clear reasons for your request.
• Applications for viewing of scripts must be submitted via ExamResults@westerncape.gov.za.
  Insert the word “Viewing" and your Examination Number in the Subject Line of your email application.

Remarking | Rechecking

ONLY ONLINE remarking applications will be accepted.

Who qualifies for remarking/rechecking? (Online Remark application)

• Candidates may submit an application for the remarking/rechecking of their scripts if they feel that the mark allocated is not a true reflection of their performance on the papers written within 21 days after the release of results.

Can I apply at the WCED or my school?

• Applications for remarking can only be done online.

www.eservices.gov.za

What is the difference between a remark and a recheck?

• A remark is when a script is assessed by an authorised person (not the same person who initially assessed it), appointed by the WCED.
• A recheck is when a script is scrutinised to ensure that all questions are marked and added/calculated correctly. This is done by an assessment official.

How do you determine who must be refunded after a remark?

• Candidates will be refunded if there is an improvement in the achieved level (e.g. 3 – 4)

What is the process to follow to view my answer book (script)?

• You must first apply for a remark/recheck and if you are still unsatisfied, forward a written request for the review of your script to: ExamResults@westerncape.gov.za (include proof of payment).
• The applicable fees are indicated on the reverse side of your statement of results.

What is the cost when applying for results, combination or certificate?

Tariffs are as follows:

• Confirmation of results (statement): R70,00
• Combination of different results (1st issue): R180,00
• Lost (senior/junior) certificate: R180,00

Please note that the following documentation must accompany your application:

1. Certified copy of your identity document
2. Proof of payment

ENQUIRIES: ExamResults@westerncape.gov.za

• Directorate: Examinations Administration, Western Cape Education Department
• Examination Helpline: Monday – Friday | 07:30 – 15:30 | tel. 0861 819 919 (Option 2)
• The WCED will notify applicants by letter about the outcome of the results of the remarking or rechecking of scripts.

An application to view your answer scripts can only be made AFTER your scripts have been remarked | rechecked.

SCRIPT(S) refers to the subject paper answer scripts

• The purpose of viewing marked and remarked scripts is to provide you with an opportunity to confirm that the scripts were marked in its entirety and the marks are a true reflection of your performance in the examination.
• Viewing of your script will only be processed provided the scripts were remarked.
• Answer scripts for which a remark application was not submitted before the due date, will not be processed.

Applications to view your script MUST be made within seven (7) days of the release of remarked results and you MUST provide very clear reasons for your request.

Applications for viewing of scripts must be submitted via ExamResults@westerncape.gov.za.

• Insert the word “Viewing" and your Examination Number in the Subject Line of your email application.

Include the following in your emailed application:

• Proof of payment (full amount)
• Subject/s paper you wish to view.

Payment | Fees (Non-refundable)

• Viewing of scripts (only after remarking and rechecking): R240 (per subject & non-refundable)
• Payments can be made by EFT or into the WCED's Nedbank account:

WCED Banking Details 

ENQUIRIES

• Gladwyn.Smith@westerncape.gov.za
• Examination Helpline: Monday – Friday | 07:30 – 15:30 | tel. 0861 819 919 (Option 2)
• Tel.: 021 467 2980

You may indicate a high/secondary school in the area or district, the WCED will inform you of the final writing venue.

Candidates can register to write exams for one or more subjects that appear in the lists below.

• You need to write 6 subjects and pass at least 5 subjects to qualify for a Senior Certificate.
• You can register to write exams for at least one of the subjects, and a maximum of six subjects in one year.
• PLEASE NOTE: Applicants who wish to write Information Technology (IT) or Computer Application Technology (CAT) as a subject for Senior Certificate qualification must submit evidence (Official letter from the school/institution) that they have attended classes for the practical components of the subjects. The official letter must be attached to the registration application form.

Candidates can only register for Computer Applications Technology (CAT) at an institution that offers the subject and not online.

Table A: Official Languages at Home and First Additional Level

Table B1: Agriculture

Table B2: Business, Commerce and Management Studies

Table B3: Human and Social Studies

Table B4: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences

New subject names

Please note: the names of some subjects have changed for the revised Senior Certificate. The following table compares the names that applied before July 2014 to those that now apply, for your guidance.

Pass requirements for the Amended Senior Certificate:

Adult learners 20 years and older and out of school youth 18-21 years entering the amended SC without credits must:

1. Offer a minimum of 6 subjects:
   • Must include two (2) official languages, of which one must be the Language of learning and teaching (LOLT)
   • One of the languages must be at Home Language level and the other at least at First Additional Language level.
2. Pass at least five subjects, provided:
   • Obtain at least 40% in three (3) subjects which include Home Language and 30% in the remaining two subjects of the amended Senior Certificate as listed below;;
   • Obtain a sub-minimum of 20% in the failed sixth subject in the final examination;
3. No aggregate requirement for candidates taking all six (6) amended Senior Certificate subjects.
4. One subject condonation(c) at 20%, 30% or 40% is permitted if the candidate is short of one subject to obtain the qualification.
5. No immigrant concession will be granted.

Learners with SC credits obtained prior to July 2014

1. All Senior Certificate subjects obtained prior to July 2014 can be combined provided you:
   • Obtained at least 40% to qualify for a Higher Grade pass in that subject, with the exception of the Second Language Higher Grade in which at least 33,3% must have been obtained.
   • Obtained at least 33, 3% to qualify for a Standard Grade pass in that subject.
   • No Lower Grade credits will be recognized except when needed to affect a pass.
   • Obtained at least 40% in Sake Afrikaans or Business English (N3 Languages) at First or Second Level (offered prior to July 2014).
2. These learners must select the remaining required subjects from the amended senior certificate subject list.
3. Subject selection must include two (2) official languages, one at First Language level and the other at least at Second Language level.

NSC candidates older than 21 with expired School-based Assessments (SBA)

1. All National Senior Certificate subjects, in which a pass was obtained, with the exclusion of Life Orientation, can be combined with the new Senior Certificate subjects.
2. No aggregate will apply for subject combinations of the amended Senior Certificate with the National Senior Certificate.
3. NSC subjects passed at 30% can be used in the combination

PRINCIPLES for combination

• A candidate may combine any number of previous credits from the SC(a), SC, NSC or N3 languages.
• The best 6 subjects will be used in the combination.
• A candidate must pass at least 5 subjects in the combination.
• Only pass subjects will be utilised for combination purposes.
• A candidate must offer a minimum of one SC(a) subject in the combination and that subject must be passed at 30%.
• The subminimum requirement of one subject at 20% will apply to all candidates including those requesting combinations.
• A candidate can receive only one condonation, either on aggregate (total marks) or subject.
• The aggregate of 800 will only apply when combining the SC(a) with SC subjects and N3 languages. No aggregate will apply for combining the SC(a) with NSC subjects.
• Similar subjects from different qualifications cannot be used to combine results viz. Biology and Life Sciences; English Home Language | First Additional Language and Business English, etc.

PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS for combinations

• Candidate wrote six subjects or more.
• Pass at least five of the six subjects.
• Pass at least one SC(a) subject in the combination at 30%.
• The best six subjects will be used in the combination including the best two languages (one must be Home Language or First language) will be taken into consideration.
• Pass two languages, one at Home Language or First Language level at 40% and the other on First Additional Language | Second Language level at 30%. N3 Languages passed at 40%.
• A candidate may pass two languages at Home Language or First Language level.
• One of the languages should be a LOLT language.
• Obtained 40% in Senior Certificate HG subjects and 33,3% in Senior Certificate SG subjects.
• Obtained at least 30% in the NSC subjects.
• Satisfy the aggregate of 800 when combining to SC(a), SC and N3 languages.
• The subminimum of 20% will only apply for the 6th subject.
• One subject condonation (maximum 2%) at 40% or 33,3%, 30% or 20%, if the candidate is short of one subject to obtain the qualification or an aggregate condonation on 790 will apply.

Your options include studying on your own or at an Adult Learning Centre if they offer tuition for the Senior Certificate.

We advise you to check whether your nearest Adult Learning Centre offers tuition for the Senior Certificate, and for which subjects.

For any further enquiries, please find contact details below:

METRO CENTRAL

Bridgetown CLC

• Bridgetown HS: 11 Brushwood Road | Bridgetown | Athlone
• Centre Manager: I. Ceres | ismail.ceres@gmail.com | Tel. 083 697 9774

St Francis CLC

• NY 18 Songeze Str. | Gugulethu
• Centre Manager: N. Madubula | stfrancisclc2@gmail.com | Tel. 021 928 8702

METRO EAST

Forest Heights CLC

• Forest Heights HS: Bloekom Avenue | Forest Heights | Eersteriver
• Centre Manager: D. Engelbrecht | desmonengelbrecht@yahoo.com | Tel. 071 106 4965

Noluthando CLC

• c/o Old Faure & Spine Road | Eersteriver
• Centre Manager: L. Monakali | lilianmonakali633@gmail.com | Tel. 065 812 4965 | 071 202 8850

Damba CLC

• Section E580 | Silumko Street | Khayelitsha
• Centre Manager: N. Mdekazi | nomhlemde@gmail.com | Tel. 084 596 6410

Intando Yethu CLC

• Isiphiwo PS: Hlula Road | Section 33 Harare | Khayelitsha
• Centre Manager: N. Mdekazi | nomhlemde@gmail.com | Tel. 083 596 6410

Kuyasa CLC

• c/o Mqa and Sizimisele Street | Kuyasa | Khayelitsha
• Centre Manager: N. Mdekazi | nomhlemde@gmail.com | Tel. 083 596 6410

Masiyile CLC

• Bulumko HS: 31 Mongezi Street | F Section | Khayelitsha
• Centre Manager: M. Nomtshongwana | madodanomtshong@ymail.com | Tel. 021 948 3119

Masakhane CLC

• Khanyolwethu Sec.: Noxolo Street | Lwandle | Strand
• Centre Manager: E. Nomfazi | eugenianomfazi@gmail.com | Tel. 073 752 1734

METRO NORTH

Delft CLC

• Leiden Sec.: 1 Jan Dissel Avenue | Leiden | Delft
• Centre Manager: P. Mjuleni | pammjuleni1@gmail.com | Tel. 073 325 6665

Isibane CLC

• Sophakama PS: 86 Thandabantu Str. | Du Noon | Milnerton
• Centre Manager: S. Mvinjelwa | isibane.cet@gmail.com | Tel. 071 684 2994

Mfuleni CLC

• Mfuleni HS: Cnr Tokwana Nqubelani Str. Ext 6 | Mfuleni
• Centre Manager: V. Koyo | zizibini@gmail.com | Tel. 073 204 8233

METRO SOUTH

Cwesi CLC

• Wynberg Boys’ HS: Lovers Walk | Wynberg
• Centre Manager: C. Schmidt | ccschimdtsnr@gmail.com | Tel. 071 896 5850

Phumelela CLC

• Sithembela Mathiso Sec.: c/o Koornhof Str. | NY 78 | New Crossroads
• Centre Manager: N. Sithetho | nikisithetho@gmail.com | Tel. 073 846 7936

Portlands CLC

• Cnr Morgenster & Merrydale Road | Portland | Mitchells Plain
• Centre Manager: M. Wilson | markwilson12edu@gmail.com | Tel. 082 775 6353

CAPE WINELANDS

Robertson CLC

• Vergesig PS: 21 Jasmyn Street | Robertson
• Centre Manager: N. Schoeman | robertsonclc@gmail.com | Tel. 023 626 1353

Stellenbosch CLC

• A.F Louw Primary School | La Colline Way | Stellenbosch
• Centre Manager: L. Carstens | lgcarstens@gmail.com | Tel. 079 692 7668

Wellington CLC

• 48 Hospital Street | Wellington
• Centre Manager: B. Whittles | wellingtonclc@yahoo.com | Tel. 021 864 2418

Witzenburg CLC

• 21 Lyell Street | Ceres
• Centre Manager: A. Coetzee | witzenburgclc@gmail.com | Tel. 072 280 0829

Worcester CLC

• 163 Grey Street | Worcester
• Centre Manager: E. Paulse | egpaulse@gmail.com | Tel. 079 869 3723

EDEN AND CENTRAL KAROO

Central Karoo CLC

• 1st Avenue Station Building | Hillside | Beaufort West
• Centre Manager: L. Links | centralkarooclc1@gmail.com | Tel. 023 414 3834

De Rust Futura CLC

• De Rust Futura Academie: Patryslaagte 1 | De Rust Landgoed | Grabouw
• Centre Manager: W. Theunis | wandred@gmail.com | Tel. 021 844 0448

Oudtshoorn CLC

• 3631 Springbok Road | Bridgton | Oudtshoorn
• Centre Manager: C. Jafta | oudtshoornclc@gmail.com | Tel. 044 272 0088 | 078 882 6696

OVERBERG

Overstrand CLC

• Enlighten Education Trust | c/o Swartdam Rd & Angelier Str. | Hermanus
• Centre Manager: S. Mofokeng | overstrandclc40@gmail.com | Tel. 079 704 4591

WEST COAST

Malmesbury CLC

• Schoonspruit Sec. | Darling Way | Wesbank | Malmesbury
• Centre Manager: D. Jantjies | duanejantjies@gmail.com | Tel. 022 486 1085

Complete list of textbooks

List per Subject:

LANGUAGES

• Afrikaans
• English
• IsiXhosa
• Sesotho
• Setswana

NON-LANGUAGES

• Accounting
• Agricultural Management Practices & Agricultural Sciences
• Business Studies
• Computer Applications Technology
• Economics
• Geography
• History
• Life Sciences
• Mathematical Literacy
• Mathematics
• Physical Sciences
• Religion Studies