Application Guidelines on Replacement/Duplicate certificates NECTA, NECTA is a government institution established by Law in 1973 with the responsibility of administering national examinations in Tanzania.
Before 1973, all national examinations were administered by the Curriculum and Examinations Section of the Ministry of Education after Mainland Tanzania had pulled out of the East African Examinations Council in 1971.
Having been established, NECTA took over this responsibility but Curriculum issues continued to be handled by the Ministry of Education and the University College, Dar es Salaam until another autonomous institution, the Institute of Curriculum Development (ICD) was established in 1975, which was renamed as the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) in 1993.
1.0 APPLICATION GUIDELINES ON REPLACEMENT/DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES
1.1 Replacement/Duplicate certificates.
Are offered to applicants who have lost or damaged their Form Four, Six and Professional (GATCE/GATSCCE and/or DSEE) certificate(s).
The service applies to candidates who sat for the Certificate of Secondary Examination (CSEE) from 2008 or Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (ACSEE) and Teachers Examinations (GATCE/GATSCCE and DSEE) from 2009 to date.
The application of this service is done online.
STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN APPLYING
(a) Open the NECTA website (www.necta.go.tz)
(b) Select and click on E-services
(c) Select and click on Replacement Certificate
1.2 Documents Required for Application.
a) Police Loss Report or Fire / Flood Disaster Report.
b) A whole page of newspaper with a loss notice showing candidate’s name, examination number, examination type, examination year, school name, candidate’s photo and place where the certificate was lost) or;
c) Letter from the Fire Rescue Force or local government concerning the burning or damage of a certificate caused by floods, ants, rats or any other damage.
d) Remains of the certificate (if any) after being damaged by floods, fires accident or rats and ants.
e) A copy of one of the following identity cards: Voter’s ID, National ID, Driving license or Passport. Other IDs will not be accepted.
f) Colored passport size photo with blue background.
g) Pay Tshs. 100,000/= for each lost certificate in one of the following Banks. NMB, CRDB, NBCor via mobile phone payment system e.g. M – Pesa or Tigo-Pesa using electronic payment code (Control Number) you created.
h) The applicant who has lost his/her Replacement Certificate he/she has to pay Sh. 150,000 in order to be issued with another Replacement Certificate.
i) Replacement/Duplicate Certificate will be sent to the applicant’s postal address (upon request) or collected physically from NECTA office (Headquarters) NOT less than thirty (30) workingdays from the date of submission of the application.
Caution:
â–ª Client MUST ensure that their certificates are lost/destroyed/damaged before applying for replacement.
Money once paid is NOT REFUNDABLE under any circumstance.
â–ª The application process for Replacement/Duplicate Certificate involves verification of the authenticity and ownership of the candidate’s results.
If found that the applicant is not the rightful owner of the results/certificate(s), legal action will be taken against him or her.
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