Advice For Matriculants Worrying About Matric Results

Matric Certificate is a school-leaving qualification in South Africa that can be used to find employment or study further at a university or college.

You may feel anxious while waiting for your Matric results. However, it is better to remember that you did your best and that the outcome should not shake you. You must also have options to consider for whether you pass or fail Matric. We would advise you the following: 

  • Options if you failed Matric 
  • Options if you passed Matric

Options If You Failed Matric

We advise that if you have failed your Matric, you should not feel demotivated. Failure is a part of success. When you fail at something once, you can do better at it the next time because you know what is expected. 

Take the failure and turn it into energy to do better. Choosing to give up on your career is not an option. Instead, you have options to consider if you failed your Matric. These options are: 

Rewrite Exam

Apply for a rewrite exam/supplementary exam/Second chance programme and rewrite your Matric final examination. Study hard and smart to ensure you cover all the topics in your subjects. A few tips you can use are the following: 

Remark And Recheck

You can apply for the remark or recheck option. Your paper will be remarked or rechecked to ensure you have been given fair and correct marks. These options may help you gain marks.

Redo Matric

You are allowed to study Matric if you failed. This applies if you are younger than 21. You will be in class again and this will be a good opportunity for you to do better. Now that you know what Matric requires, you will be able to pass.

Study With No Matric

If you failed Matric, you can study without a Matric at Matric College. We offer courses you can study with no Matric. These courses are: 

ICB Courses 

The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers designed ICB Courses to provide students with the knowledge and skills in business. These courses offer knowledge and skills that are important in business. After an ICB Course, you have the ability to work in a company or open your own. 

The QCTO and the ICB accredit ICB Courses. This is done as a way to keep the level of education to a high standard. This is because when a course is registered, it is monitored to ensure it provides relevant knowledge and skills consistently. These are the ICB Courses you can study without Matric: 

Short Courses 

The college designed Short Courses to provide students with skills that help them in opening a business or working at a company. These courses are specifically focused on skills so that you earn everything you need to work. 

Short Courses are not accredited. However, they offer skills that are valuable in business. They improve the skills you have while offering you more skills. These are the Short Courses you can study without Matric

Rewrite Matric Course 

The Rewrite Matric Course is designed to provide students with second chance exams. This course provides students with the knowledge they need to pass the exam. After the Rewrite Matric Course, students gain a Matric Certificate. 

The Matric Certificate received from the Rewrite Matric Course can be used to find employment or study at university. You can pursue the career you want after this course. 

Adult Matric Course 

The Adult Matric Course is created to provide students with the knowledge they need to make it to university. The course is for students ages 21 or older without Matric. After this course, you earn a Matric Certificate. 

You can use the Matric Certificate to apply to university or find work and follow your dream career. 

Options If You Passed Matric

We advise that if you pass Matric, you can do the following: 

  • Study at Matric College 
  • Study at university 
  • Find employment 

Study At Matric College

If you pass Matric, you can study at Matric College. You can study for the following courses: 

Upgrade Matric Course 

You can study this course to upgrade your Matric results. Although you passed, you may sometimes have low marks. You can study the Upgrade Matric course at Matric College and gain better marks. 

While you study through us. We assist you to make sure you pass with better grades. We assist through the following: 

When you pass this course, you will have a Matric Certificate with better marks. Remember that the key is to study harder and smarter. 

NATED Courses

Our NATED Courses are designed to help you find employment when you finish studying. These courses help you not fall under the people who have qualifications that are not valuable to employers. 

NATED Courses were specifically designed to help with employment. These courses offer you work experience and knowledge while you study. By the time you receive your qualification, you will be equipped with all the qualities needed in the work environment, which are: 

  • Work experience 
  • Knowledge 
  • Skills 
  • Accredited qualifications 

These are the NATED Courses we offer: 

ICB Courses 

You can study ICB Courses to gain skills that are in demand in South Africa. These are skills in the following streams: 

Having skills that are in demand makes you a candidate that is in demand because your skills are needed in different companies. With such skills, companies can solve problems easily and generate income ideas that work. 

ICB Courses are also recognised worldwide. This means, as someone who has an ICB Qualification, you will be able to find employment anywhere you wish. 

Short Courses 

Short Courses offer skills that are important in the work environment. When you study a Short Course, you do this to either learn new skills or improve the ones you already have, or both.  

This helps you gain skills that can help with the following: 

  • Gaining a promotion at work 
  • Finding employment 
  • Opening a business 

Study At University

You can use your Matric Certificate to study at university. You can easily do this if you have a Bachelor’s Degree Pass. Most universities accept students who have passed with a Bachelor’s Degree Pass. There are also certain universities that can accept you with a Diploma Pass

At university, there are different courses you can study. Keep in mind that this is if you are accepted because you have met the requirements set by the university.  

Find Employment

You can use a Matric Certificate to find work. A Matric Certificate is one of the qualifications that allow you to get employed. There are different Matric careers you can do, including: 

  • Sales Associate 
  • Driver 
  • Cashier 
  • General Worker 
  • Personal Assistant 
  • Receptionist 
  • Call Centre Agent 

Author: Mulisa Nethononda
Editor: Connor Bergsma
Date Published: June 21, 2022