Organisation : Western Cape Department of Education (WCED)
Facility Name : Application for the Issue of Certificates (Replacement Copies of Matric Certificates)
Applicable For : Students who lost (or) having damaged certificate
Applicable Province : Western Cape Only
Website : https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/application-issue-certificates
How To Apply For Issue of Certificates in Western Cape?
The WCED (Directorate Examinations Administration) facilitates:
Related / Similar Facility : Umalusi Replacement (Lost/Damaged) Certificate
Issue of certificates:
** This is available only for clients who reside within the Western Cape (regardless of the Education Department where the qualification was obtained)
** Where results are unavailable to the WCED, clients are referred to the respective province where the examination was written.
Online Application
The online application system is limited to applications for lost or damaged certificate and NOT for the following:
Combined certificates: where a client wrote over multiple years to accumulate pass credits;
Re-issue certificates: where a client needs to change personal details such as names, surname and identity number or date of birth;
Certified statement: A certificate issued by Ex Departments before the establishment of the previous South African Certification Council (SAFCERT) in November 1992.
Apply Online : https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/ReplacementCertificate/
After submitting your online application, please forward all queries directly to Umalusi; see contact details below:
Email: Replacement.Support@umalusi.org.za, or call;
Tel.: 012 349 1510
You can apply for:
** Senior Certificate
** Copies of Senior/Junior Certificate
** Statement of Results
Offline Application
** Print | Download a copy of the application form
** Complete the application form in full.
** Pay the administration fee [R170] in person at the WCED cashier or via EFT or direct bank deposit. Bank account details are indicated on the form.
** Scan and email completed application form, copy of ID and proof of payment to: ExamResults@westerncape.gov.za
Who to approach:
In person:
Examinations Walk-in Centre, 1 North Wharf Square, 2 Lower Loop Street, Foreshore, Cape Town, 8001
By mail:
If you do not reside in the Cape Town area and are unable to visit the office in person, write to:
Western Cape Education Department,
Directorate Examinations Administration,
Private Bag X9114, Cape Town, 8000
Email applications to: ExamResults@westerncape.gov.za
Documents Required For WCED Issue of Certificates
In addition to the Application Form, you will need the following items
Identity document:
You will need to furnish a certified copy of your identity document. (This must be done by a commissioner of oaths). You can make a copy and have it certified at a police station. Please remember to take the original along so that the commissioner of oaths can verify the copy.
School | College Name and Year of qualification:
You will also need to include the name of the school | college, province and year in which you obtained your qualification.
Your Surname:
Do not forget to indicate the surname as at the time of the exam, especially if you are a female and have been married in the interim and changed your surname.
Administration fees payable:
** R 60 for Statement of Results
** R 170 for a copy of a Senior certificate | National Senior Certificate
Note:
** You can either pay in cash at the WCED cashier – if you go in person – or by means of an electronic transfer.
** The above fees can be deposited directly into the Department’s bank account, the details of which are:
** All payments should be made out to the Provincial Government of the Western Cape: Department of Education.
** A copy of the deposit slip | proof of payment must accompany the application before any certificate can be processed.