{"id":8668,"date":"2026-01-07T06:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/8668\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T06:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:08:21","slug":"heres-how-much-a-re-mark-will-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/8668\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s how much a RE-MARK will cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the release of the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/heres-when-the-2025-matric-exam-results-will-be-released-date-time-explainer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">results approaches<\/a>, the Department of Basic Education has reminded candidates that they have the option to apply for a re-mark or re-check of their examination scripts if they are unhappy with their results.<\/p>\n<p>Matric results will be announced by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube on 12 January 2026, with candidates able to access their results from 13 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Re-mark and re-check options<\/p>\n<p>Candidates who believe their marks do not reflect their performance can apply for either:<\/p>\n<p>Re-mark of an exam script at a cost of R120 per subject<\/p>\n<p>Re-check (a verification that marks were correctly added and captured) at R30 per subject<\/p>\n<p>Applications open on 13 January 2026 and close on 27 January 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Candidates can apply through their school, district office, or online via www.eservices.gov.za.<\/p>\n<p>Viewing exam scripts<\/p>\n<p>Viewing of exam scripts is only allowed after a re-mark or re-check has been completed. <\/p>\n<p>Applications to view scripts must be submitted within seven days after re-mark or re-check results are released, at a fee of R230.<\/p>\n<p>When will re-mark results be released?<\/p>\n<p>The results of re-marking and re-checking will be available from 13 March 2026 and can be collected at the school or exam centre where the candidate wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Important reminders<\/p>\n<p>Candidates must ensure their names and ID numbers are correct on their statements of results<\/p>\n<p>Any corrections must be reported to the department by 20 February 2026<\/p>\n<p>Queries about results must be submitted within 30 days of the release of results<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.za\/Curriculum\/NationalSeniorCertificate(NSC)Examinations\/ReleaseofNSCExamsResults.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Department of Basic Education<\/a> has encouraged learners to use the re-mark process responsibly, noting that it exists to ensure fairness and accuracy, especially for candidates whose future study or career opportunities depend on their final marks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the release of the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) results approaches, the Department of Basic Education has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[305,306,2982,131],"class_list":{"0":"post-8668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-important","10":"tag-matric-exam-results","11":"tag-south-africa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}