The 2015 National Senior Certificate (matric) results will be announced during a live broadcast on SABC and eNCA at 18h00 on 5 January 2016.
Individual results of the 2015 National Senior Certificate will be available on 6 January 2016 at schools and also on Department of of Basic Education website.
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) in partnership with SABC is calling all South African matric students to register and receive their matric results through SMS and USSD lines.
This service was created for matric students to receive their results via SMS or through USSD as soon as they were released to the public.
In 2014, more than 300 000 students received their results via the SABC Education SMS and USSD services. The Matric Results SMS and USSD lines will be opened for matric students from 9 December 2015 until 31 January 2016. Students who successful registered in the Matric Results campaign will receive their results on 6 January 2016.
SMS
- Send an SMS to 35685
- The SMS should consist of your ID number and student number.
- The system verifies the ID number and the exam number; both numbers must have 13 digits in order to be accepted. The ID number will also be subjected to an algorithm that identifies if it is a valid South African ID number.
- SMSs are charged at R1.00 per SMS, free SMSes do not apply.
USSD
- Dial *120*35685#, put in your ID number and exam number to register. Once the results are available, you will get your results per subject.
- USSD has what we call resume session function, where the system recognises the number the next time the user dials the string, meaning that it knows what the last question the learner answered was.
- The cost for USSD is 20 cents per 20 seconds.
SABC Education will continue to create awareness through TV and radio promos to alert students on the use of SMS and USSD support services.
SABC Education will again run a call-centre to address issues relating to registration process, registration confirmation and queries on results received. Should the learners have queries, they can contact the call centre on 011 504 0008, Monday to Friday from 08h00 to 17h00.
Eastern Cape release of matric results
The Eastern Cape matric results event will be taking place on Wednesday 6 January 2016.
Date: Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Time: 16:00
Venue: International Convention Centre, East London.
For more information on the national release:
Call centre: 0800 202 933
Email: callcentre@dbe.gov.za
