FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

To get a National Senior Certificate ((N3), you need to pass SIX subjects. Two of these must be Business English and Sake Afrikaans. The other four are of your choice from the list of subjects provided. There are no requirements needed even if you dropped out of school at a very early age or even if you do not have your previous school report you can still do it.

Technical Matric has many career opportunities. The first is that this is an Umalusi Certificate that is similar to any Grade 12/ Senoir Certificate and qualifies you for employment if minimum requirements are a matric certificate. Other technical Universities like Tshwane University of Technology do recognize N3 and you can qualify for Engineering diplomas. Colleges recognize it and can be used to study further for many diplomas. For more information read the article here

Technical Matric is equivalent to NCS and like any other Matric certificate can be used to study further, Technical Matric is a National Senior Certificate.

Technical Matric exams are written every trimester, that is every four months. Depending whether you are upgrading or starting afresh, you can take from 4-8 months to get your National Senior Certificate.

Yes, you can qualify. If you want to do Technical Matric, you qualify as there are no rescrictions, however you must do Sake Afrikaans as part of your languages and it is compulsory. If you want to do CAPS, conditions are you need to be 21 years old and above plus a grade 10 or 11 report or completed ABET LEVEL 4 certificate but with Technical Matric there are no restrictions..