Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you may appeal for a review of results through your school immediately after obtaining your national examination results. The appeal must be submitted to SEAB through the school by the closing date each year. There will be an appeal fee for each subject.

School candidates who are unwell or are required to self-isolate due to a positive COVID-19 test result should not return to school to submit their appeal for review of their results. Instead, you can make arrangements with your school.

If you feel that your results does not accurately reflect your ability in your subjects, you may appeal for a review of results.

Each appeal case will go through a rigorous review process that usually takes three weeks, to ensure that the results are accurate and fair. As part of the process, a review of the marking and a clerical re-check of the awarded marks for all papers of the subject(s) that is being reviewed, takes place. There will be an appeal fee for each subject that is reviewed. No report of the review will be provided.

In the event of a successful appeal, we will refund the appeal fees and re-issue a result slip and certificate to you that reflects the adjusted results for the subject(s) that an appeal was submitted for. We would like to emphasise that there are rigorous quality control processes and multiple independent checks put in place to ensure the accuracy of the results when they are first released. As such, the accuracy of results has been confirmed for a vast majority of the appeals, so a change in grade after an appeal is very rare. Furthermore, even if there is a change in mark, the grade may not be affected as there is a range of marks for each grade.

The outcome of the appeal will be released through your school about one month from the closing date for the submission of appeals. The outcome of the appeal will be released through your school.

Should an appeal for a review of results be successful, the results will only be adjusted upwards. We will also refund the candidate’s appeal fees and re-issue a result slip and certificate to him/her that reflects the adjusted grade for that subject.

However, we wish to emphasise that there are rigorous quality control processes and multiple independent checks put in place to ensure the accuracy of the results when they are first released. As such, the accuracy of the results has been confirmed for a vast majority of the appeals, so a change in grade after an appeal is very rare.

As the marking for the subject’s papers is reviewed as part of the appeal process, there will not be a need for appeals for a remarking of the papers of that subject.

The rigorous quality control processes and multiple independent checks ensures the accuracy of the results released. Hence it is not unusual that most appeals do not result in a change in grade upon appeal. Furthermore, even if there is a change in mark, the grade may not be affected as there is a range of marks for each grade.