Technical Matric (N3 Matric)
Technical Matric commonly known as N3 Matric is a Matric Certificate that is equivalent to the current National Senior Certificate. Its NQF level is Level 4 according to South African Qualifications Framework (SAQA) same as the current Senior Certificate.
The Department of Higher Education and Technology allowed this parallel Matric to be offered in colleges so as to afford equal opportunity to those who left school without Matric certificate to still complete their Matric.
Technical Matric is, therefore, a much easier and much quicker way one can get their Matric Certificate. Given time frames, one can complete their Matric Certificate between 8 months to 11 months.
Why Technical Matric
Technical Matric, when compared to the current Matric, has many advantages. Please note that this does not take away the advantages of the current Matric certificate and if given an opportunity to do it and if able, then it is always a priority to follow the current metric offered by the Department.
The advantages, therefore, ought to be viewed in light of what is affecting you in not to getting a Matric certificate.
Advantages of Technical Matric:
Technical Matric faster to complete
Technical Matric is much quicker and faster to complete and can be done within a year. It can be done from 8-11 months. However when you consider the current CAPS curriculum, to get Matric can also be done in one year but has proved countless times that it is very difficult if not impossible and ends up taking two to three years.
This is because with current CAPS curriculum, one will be writing the same exams the current learners are writing and to be frank, the current learners who attend everyday battle to barely pass with 30% (while attending every day and having done their Grade 10 and 11).
When you consider your situation, it is possible that there has been months or years you last attended school if you finished some time back or dropped out before Grade 12. This makes it even more challenging for one to complete all the six subjects. This then ends up taking 2-3 years to fully complete it.
Technical Matric much easier
- Technical Matric is much easier than current Matric. Technical Matric subjects are quite easy to pass and cater for both working and full-time students. This makes it possible to do it without having to change your plans such as having to quit your job or attend night school. It can be done while working.
- This leads to the third advantage that Technical Matric can be done part-time or full-time or even through distance learning. Students do pass it with much easier compared to the current curriculum which cannot be done part-time or distance. To do part time on CAPS then requires one to do few subjects at a time making it take too long to complete.
Technical Matric can be written more than once in a year
- Technical Matric is written three times in a year, meaning should you happen to fail some of the subjects, you can redo them in the same year and still get your certificate. This is not the case with the current curriculum which is done yearly and failing means waiting for another year to remedy the fail.
Other advantages of Technical Matric
- Technical Matric is cheaper than current Matric because the time taken to do it is less.
- Technical Matric can qualify you to study at Universities such as TUT which accepts it but must consider the subjects you take especially for engineering studies.
- The subjects studied in Technical Matric are more relevant and prepares one for work more than the current matric. One gets the skills on being a supervisor, leadership, and entrepreneurship just to mention a few.
There are many advantages but also this does not mean that there are no disadvantages. Some of the disadvantages of Technical Matric are as follows:
Disadvantages of Technical Matric
- Some Universities do not recognize Technical Matric as they want the current Matric
- It requires everyone to do Afrikaans as one of the Languages which is a problem to most people especially for those who do not have an Afrikaans background.
- Exams are in three months and exams come too quicker for some who feel it is too fast passed and cannot cope.
However, when you consider advantages and disadvantages, Technical Matric is more a better option to those who do not have Matric and want to have their Matric certificate especially in the current times when every job requires one to have Matric as a minimum qualification.
Should you need more information on Technical Matric? Do not hesitate to leave your comments below and we will gladly answer them.
I have enough information about the technical matric all I want to do is to register for part time next year , but I cant get through, because no one is picking the phone up, please help.
Hi Thomas. Thank you for the inquiry. To find out all the information you need please send us email on info@ekurhulenitech.co.za we will send you the program information and the fees. When you send us the information, please specify the number of subjects you want to do. Alternatively gain please call us on 011 040 7343 we will be able to assist you.
Thank you
I have two subject in Senior Certificate: Setswana and Religion Studies.
Am I acceptable to study four subject in Technical Matric, and make combination with my previous two subject?
Mr. S.S
Please note that Technical Matric does not combine with any old or new syllabus. You have to start afresh if you choose to do Technical Matric and you must do English and Afrikaans as two languages
Hi I’m Andiswa and I’m currently doing Technical Matric. I completed NSC in 2013 passed with admission to a diploma.
I would like to know if the UJ accepts a Technical Matric or not because I would like to enroll 2018 for Nursing.
Hi. Unfortunately they will not accept Technical Matric and also technical Matric does not having Nursing subjects like Life Sciences. The Univericuty that takes Technical Matric is TUT.
Hi I want to finish my matric old sylabus pls so I need information & how much does it cost per subject
Yes you can register for Technical Matric (N3) National Senior Certificate. It requires you to do six subjects of which two are English and Afrikaans. It is much simpler and quicker and you can get your Matric by the end of the year
To apply you can do it online by downloading our application forms. Visit https://www.ekurhulenitech.co.za or call 011 040 7343
Please note that Technical Matric does not combine with any old or new syllabus.
Hi I have compeletd my matric 2008 and passed my life science, English,Afrikaans, geography, and failed mathematics and physical science so is it possible to do the subjects I failed so I can obtain my technical N3
The cuuriculum you did is called NCS and is different from Technical Matric. To upgrade those subjects you can do it a an ABET centre as we do not offer them. Technical Matric has different subjects such as Engineering Maths and Engineering Science. These do not combine with your Matric you did previously. If you want Technical Matric you need to start afresh.
Please help me I’m in northern cape having Grade10,wanna do technical matric.
you can do it through correspondence and come for final exams in pretoria
Hi I am linhle I dd my matric 2012 but ddnt pass my maths abd physics. I dd try matric upgrade 2013 but I fail them again please help where can i rewrite my matric
We only offer Technical Matric N3
good day
what level should English and Afrikaans be on?
You can pass with 40% minimum pass
Hi Im Khathutshelo
I did my matric in 2009, and didn’t pass maths and science then I did my N3 to N6 , I pass all the subject so I will like to know if it possible for me to study further. I was doing Civil Engineering so I want to join TUT. N continue on the same field is that possible.
Good day
Yes it is possible. However should they require matric also as minimal requirement you might need to add Business English and Sake Afrikaans to your N3 certificate. But i think that they will consider you diploma (n6)
Hi am Lunga am holding N3 certificate in electrical engineering, I would like to do technical matric the problem is I’ve never done Afrikaans in my entire life, can’t I substitute it with other South African official language
Unfortunately the two languages are compulsory
Hi I only passed sepedi,Afrikaans,English 1998. Can I register only four subjects or six
Good day
Yes you can do Technical Matric N3 subjects with us and combine them to your old syllabus to obtain your Matric certificate. Technical Matric is the best easy way to finish your matric. You can read more on Technical matric by downloading the free PDF book by clicking the link below:
http://eepurl.com/ddmOqH
Registration is open
How much does corresponce cost for technical matric
For fees structure you can visit our website or click on the link below for 2018 fees:
https://ekurhulenitech.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Technical-Matric-N3-Fees-2018-Correspondence.pdf
Hi there, I want to know what are all the subjects provided so I can choose my subjects for my final year, if not prohibited by this site what are the cost to enrol, please answer ASAP because time is limited??? Thank you.
Hi
You can down our fees structure please visit our website please click here.
The subjects for Technical Matric are provided in the fees structure, however there are also Engineering subjects you can add and you can download them by clicking here
Hi my name is David I’m 54 this year, I was about to write my standard 8 final exam when I was chased away because of Afrikaans which we were protesting against, they burne everything in our boys room that was in1982 SJ van der Merwe Technical High School, now I’m work as an electrician, l want to do this technical metric but I have no prove now that I did that then, what must I bring as prove?
You do not need proof to study Technical Matric N3 and also please note that you still need to do Afrikaans as one of your languages
Hi.. I dd technical matric n I fail maths and Afrikaans, so wat cn I do now?
You need to redo them and you can register with us.
Hy I have 3 subjects in N3 civil engineering course and want to have a technical matric certificate is it possible for me to just add the other 3 subjects from technical matric or must I start afresh with my subjects
Please help
Good day
Since you already have three subjects under N3 in Civil Engineering, you do not have to statrt afresh however you only need to add one more content subject as well as two languages which are Business English and Sake Afrikaans. The requirement for you to get Technical Matric N3 is to pass six subjects of which four are content subjects and two are languages. The two languages Business English and Sake Afrikaans are compulsory. To learn more information on Technical Matric N3 click here
Since you already have an N3 certificate under civil engineering you only need to add two languages-Business English and Sake Afrikaans.
You can register for these subjects for the new exams in November. Exams are written yearly in November and also registrations close in August.
Register here
Hi My Name is Dineo I Completed my matric in 2013,I failed Maths and Science.. I’m currently Doing n3 I also did English and Afrikaans in metric .
.does this means I’ll have to redo English and Afrikaans for technical matric?
Good day Dineo
If you want to get your Matric certificate under Technical Matric you have to do again your two languages under N3. The English and Afrikaans you did in your Matric (NCS) in 2013 is different from the languages done in N3. The languages in N3 are Business English and Sake Afrikaans. Read more of the languages here
The two languages are different hence you have to do again your languages in order to obtain your National Senior Certificate.
To find out about fees, registration forms and to register for the language you can do so here