With a very high unemployment rate and suffering through a dropout crisis, the urgency of obtaining your matric certificate is being stressed even now. It's very important that should you want to start a career and a path towards success, that you matriculate.
Here are some reasons why it's important to have a matric certificate.
You need one for university or college admisison
A matric certificate is the legal requirement or admission to a few of the courses offered at any South African university. Whether you get into the university/college will depend on your marks, but there are options to do a bridging course to improve your marks if you at first do not get in.
You need certain credits to study what you want
You need to pass certain subjects at certain rates in order to be admitted to a university/college. There are points systems in place at universities where learners are awarded a certain number of points according to their final matric marks. Different courses and different department require different points.
Opens up an array of job opportunities
For many jobs, you need a matric certificate. You can immediately start working once you've completed high school and work your way up in a field you are passionate about.
