South Africa
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If you are 18 years or older you may sit for the test with no restriction.
If you are 17 years old, you will not be able to book a test until you have completed an Age Waiver. To complete the age waiver, login to your ged.com account and click on the Age Alert red banner. It will take you to the Age Waiver. Follow the completion and submission instructions within your Age Alert.
Due to government rules, no one 16 years of age or younger is allowed to test.
Any attempt at falsifying your age on your GED.com account or at the test center will result in exam score revocation and additional future testing bans.
When you arrive at the test centre, you will be required to provide one or more valid forms of government-issued ID. The ID must include your:
- Full Name
- Date of Birth
- Handwritten Signature
- Photograph.
Should your ID not include a handwritten signature, you can meet this specific requirement by downloading and completing the affidavit on the link South Africa GED Signature Affidavit.
If you do not present a proper ID that meets these requirements, you will be turned away on the day of testing and will lose your test payments.
The ONLY forms of ID that will be accepted for testing purposes:
- Smart ID Card
- Old Green Book ID, together with a bank card that has your full name and signature
- Old Green Book ID, together with the completed affidavit
- Valid Passport
Birth certificates are not accepted for GED ID testing requirements.
In accordance with the Immigration Act, only students who have a South African ID or passport, a valid study permit, refugee status or foreign nationals residing in South Africa and holding any valid (non-expired) permit/visa, issued to such an individual by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), deemed to be in transit (traveling in the Republic as a tourist), or as a citizen from a SADC country visiting the Republic for a period not exceeding the minimum allowed period by the DHA, before being required to apply for a temporary residence permit, may request to make use of a Boston City Campus & Business College PEARSON VUE Testing Centre, in order to participate in proctored online GED-assessment events. Candidates with an expired permit/visa will not be permitted to sit for a scheduled exam.
In order to request to make use of a Boston City Campus & Business College PEARSON VUE Testing Centre, all foreign nationals must email an official request to fn@ged.org.za and include the proposed Boston City Campus & Business College accredited VUE Testing Centre, a clear certified scanned copy of a valid passport and permit/visa and all other related travel documentation.
No, you are not required to prepare for the GED® test in a program or classroom, however we find that students are more successful on the test when they have classes through a GED® preparation program, whether online or face-to-face.
Yes, you are required to pass the GED Ready practice test with a minimum score of 145 before being able to schedule the GED test.