The long-awaited 2024 Matric results will be released on 15 January 2025, and this can feel like a make-or-break moment in many South African families. Whether met with celebration or disappointment, this milestone often carries intense emotional weight and may provoke mental health challenges such as anxiety or depression. Here, parents play a pivotal role…
It's that time of year when hundreds of thousands of South African matric students are facing down their final school exams. Devising a study plan and schedule and setting the scene to optimise exam preparation in weeks ahead is going to be foundational for matric success. For these digital natives though, there's a tsunami of…
Matric is a major rite of passage for South African children. Thirteen wide-ranging and diverse years of school are suddenly distilled into one, all-important National Senior Certificate. Pass/Fail. With or without university exemption. Getting Matric results is a sudden contraction and a drastic reduction of everything school has been to you that can feel quite…
After the turbulent year that was 2020, the focus for many was simply on getting through the eye of the storm, with less focus on their plans for the new year. This was especially true for the Matric Class of 2020, who have now finally received their results, and can (for the most part) close…