It’s that time of the year again where matric’s eagerly await their results from their final exams. The results of those that wrote Independent Examinations Board (IEB) will be announced and released on 3 January 2019. Results for matriculants that wrote the National Senior Certificate (NSC) will be released on 4 January 2019. The Western Cape NSC results will be released on 5 January 2019.
Once the results will be released there will confusion on where to get these results. To ease this stress, here are five ways to get your results:
• School
The school or centre where you wrote your exam is probably the best place to get your results. On the day the results are released head to your school for a first glance at how you did in your final school year.
• Newspaper
Most people are accustomed to rushing to a newspaper on the day the results are released. This still happens as results will be published in all major daily newspapers. You just need to know exam number as names will not published in the paper. Unfortunately the newspaper will only give limited information such as what type of pass did you get, for example a Bachelors admission pass.
• SMS
NSC exam writers need to register for this service via SMS first. They need to send their identity number followed by their exam number to 35658. After your registration has been successful you will receive a confirmation SMS. This service costs R1 but you will receive your results via SMS on the day.
IEB exam writers will have their results automatically sent to them via SS if they have already provided the IEB with their cell phone number. If they haven’t they can send the following text message to 35135, “Results Examination Number Birth Date (ccyymmdd),” Example: Results 153796785570 19980508. This will register them to receive their results on the day and will cost R3.
• USSD Service
NSC and IEB matrics can dial *120*35658# on the day their results are released. You will be asked to answer a few questions then asked to enter your ID number. Thereafter you will begin to receive your results per subject. USSD rates apply.
• Education departments and IEB websites
The IEB website will have the results from midnight Tuesday 2 January while the Department of Basic Education’s website will have the partial results from 6:00 on the day. Ensure that you have your exam number on standby and expect delays due to high website traffic.
