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Fear not, there need be no kicking of printers or throwing modems out of windows; Adult Matric learners get all the technical support they need. This includes troubleshooting any issues with their Online Campus, Adult Matric Learner Portal, logins, access to course material, shared drives or any Google-affiliated products (such as Google Meet)

Our Technical Support Officers will also be on hand via email, telephone, or a live chat feature, which lets the Adult Matric learner chat with Technical Support Officers in real-time for quick assistance and turnaround time.

We welcome high school learners from all around the world to join our global classroom. Please note that all live events, including tests and internal examinations, are fixed and are in South African Standard Time (SAST). If you live in a time zone with a 6-hour (or greater) time difference to South Africa, please speak to our Admissions Consultants for more details. Please remember to consider whether the CAPS curriculum, which ends in Grade12/matric with a South African National Senior Certificate (NSC), is best suited to your child. External examinations for the Grade 12 National Senior Certificate (NSC) have to be written in person at an approved SACAI examination centre within South Africa.

Summative assessments assess learners' overall understanding of the content taught during the term. These assessments usually assess a bulk of content and are more heavily weighted than formative assessments.

The Adult Matric qualification is awarded by Umalusi.

UCT Online High School requires all learners to download The Invigilator app onto their mobile phones or learning devices. They are required to use this during all internal Cycle Tests and Examinations. The app allows examiners to choose from a variety of photo authentication and speech recording tools, matched to the level of security required for each assessment.

The app uses artificial intelligence to authenticate photos, flag recordings containing speech, and generate verification codes for integration into an LMS (Learning Management System).

For learners based in South Africa who are entering Grade 8 or Grade 9 (younger than 15 years), the responsibility will lie with the parents/guardians to apply to the head of their Provincial Education Department to register their child/children for home education or to apply for an exemption from compulsory education. This is not necessary if the learner is over the age of 15.

In order to get this process going, parents may click here to gain more insight into the government homeschooling registration requirements and may visit the website of your Provincial Education Department to gain more insight into exemption applications.

While this is something parents will be required to do, we’ll be here to guide you!

The final ASC examinations for Grade 12 (Adult Matric) are set externally and need to be written at an approved physical examination venue in South Africa — these are allocated by the DBE.

The Adult Matric Amended Senior Certificate (ASC) is on the same NQF level 4 as the National Senior Certificate (NSC) for high school learners.