New in the Student Developer Pack: Students, get GitHub Foundations certified!

[morganersery1]

Get your GitHub Foundations credential! - [Updated 11/11]

[Update 11/11] Hello all. Thanks for your patience. The offer has resumed. Be sure that you are logged into your account that has an active student coupon attached to it in order to redeem the offer.

[Update: 9/30] - Thanks so much for your patience as we work across multiple teams to get this offer back up and running for students. Estimates are that the offer will resume by the end of October. We will let you know as soon as it is up!**

[Update: 9/20] - We are working hard with the team to get this Foundations Certification offer up and running again! We will let you know as soon as it is up!

[Update: 9/18] - Oops! We ran into a little bug and had to disable the GitHub Foundations Certification Experience and offer temporarily. We’re working hard to smash that pesky bug and hope to enable this great opportunity for verified students asap! You can still prepare for the exam with the study guide and other helpful resources here!

Getting GitHub certified is a resounding endorsement that validates your skills, credibility, trust, and knowledge of the technologies and developer tools that are used by more than 100 million developers worldwide.

Starting today, GitHub Education is thrilled to be able to waive the exam fee for verified students for the GitHub Foundations certification!

The GitHub Foundations certification validates your ability to use GitHub for version control, collaboration, and workflow automation. The exam assesses' proficiency in understanding GitHub's core features and best practices.

Highlight your understanding of the foundational topics and concepts of collaborating, contributing, and working on GitHub including Git basics, GitHub products and working within repositories.

How Do You Get Started?

To qualify, get verified, then go straight to the offer in the student developer pack or explore our Foundations Certification Prep Experience which has links to study guides, practice courses, FAQs and more to get you prepared.

If you try the benefit but are seeing a 50% discount instead of a full discount, here are some ways to troubleshoot:

• Ensure that your student verification is active
• Ensure you're booking just the Foundations exam
• If you tried to log in and book an exam in September (pre-bug) it could be that you need to retry on a clean page. Try the following:
• Logging out, clearing your cache and logging back in.
• Login in Incognito Mode
• Go to a fresh Chrome browser page, log in to GitHub and go through the exam booking flow

[PhuyalGaurav]

Cool

[GustavoVieiraa]

I really liked the certification and I'm already looking forward to taking it, but I need the 100% free exam as promised hahaha.

[xOryus]

Exactly, I was all excited and I come across payment 😐

[GlorygloryK]

That's weird - seemed to be working now . I got my exam that said was 0 USD- and completed the examination a few days ago

[dirshaye]

any news?? it is dec 22

[barishaxxer]

is it gonna be free again? or did we just miss the boat 😞

[khoasv89]

is it free, i see it cost 99.99$

[rewyekha]

is it free, i see it cost 99.99$

For me, it's showing 49.5$ only.

[Shahzal-Rehman]

where to find the coupon

[lishenjian1996]

Me too, I have the same question

[Shahzal-Rehman]

now i have certifed and got the coupon the supportteam said it will automatically apply just to go here in incingto window https://examregistration.github.com/exam/GHF
it will give like this if you seee like this then you are all set

[elaineliu85]

Does Foundations credential mean academic benefits?
Normally we can get academic affiliation verified within 1 day, but now due to some reason, Github cannot verify it soon?

[tigran-sargsyan-w]

there's no sence for that. you won't get achievment for that. They deleted this achievement for this reason

[akashdip2001]

mee to

[mateushenriquedasilva]

Fiz a solicitação para o Student Developer Pack e fui aprovado, mas os benefícios ainda não foram liberados 😬. Demora muito para serem liberados?

[mateushenriquedasilva]

Ahhh, blz! Vou ficar no aguardo então!

[GustavoVieiraa]

Sim, e também tem algumas promoções que não foram aplicadas devidamentes.

[C4rolanne]

E ai, vocês conseguiram o free plan?

[hugojunior]

Ninguém conseguiu @C4rolanne, basicamente eles liberaram bugado e até quem não era estudante estava conseguindo fazer gratuitamente. Desativaram para corrigir e a previsão é até o final de outubro.

[igorfiori]

demora um pouco, mas libera

[willymateo]

I'm waiting to take this certified. I think this can improve my career 🚀. Please set free again 🙏🏾

[abdullah-dev5]

let us know if any updates related to it .

[davidsonfe]

alguém conseguiu 100% free?

[feed0]

Somebody shout me out when it’s fixed please!

[anadevti]

Do we have any updates on this?

[LuizCampedelli]

i received an email:

"Regarding the student discount, it has been temporarily paused due to a technical bug that we are currently working to resolve. However, if you're still interested, the GitHub Foundations exam is currently available at a 50% discount."

So i think we have to wait, so the bug can be fixed.

Thats all

[avni]

Hi all, We are working hard with the team to get this Foundations Certification offer up and running again! We will let you know as soon as it is back up! Thank you!

[rachelkx]

Great! Thank you!

[ChenYilong]

Sweat as! Thank you for your hard work! Somebody shout me out when it’s fixed, please!

[Jacksx20]

Looking forward to the prompt repair

[khoasv89]

how can i take it free?

[anay-208]

Hi, I had a question.

Is there any Minimum age required to give this exam?

[AbdullahWins]

Nope, but to avail github education, you must be atleast 13. so you can take that as a minimum age requirement if you're planning to apply through github education.

To learn more visit official github education site:
https://education.github.com/discount_requests/application

[Injamul2k24]

How to get 50% discount in github foundation certificated examination

[Ritiktiwari626]

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[nadir]

For some and as many others have mentionned, we're only getting a $49 discount. Looking forward to passing this test

[yuis-ice]

Hey, how can I start the certification program?
It shows Access free GitHub Education benefits page, while I'm already a Github Student (years ago I applied and I'm approved)

[yuis-ice]

Found it I guess.
But as prabal221b and others also say, I don't see the full discount. Am I missing something or still not fixed? Thanks.

[morganersery1]

@yuis-ice Try logging out and logging back in with a cleared cache. It may be trying to attach an old discount to your account instead of the current one.

[yuis-ice]

Amazing. Thanks morganersery1.

(Note: just logging out didn't solve but logging in to the account in a fresh browser (chrome) profile did the trick)

[faridullah77]

well scheduled my exam today, took it and cleared it. And absolutely free. Alhamdulillah.

[Shahzal-Rehman]

can any one tellme that these are valid for 3 years wth student verified do after 3 years we have to pay or just take test again with or without fee or it will automatically update over and over for the years validity

[anay-208]

I've the same question @Shahzal-Rehman .

I created a support ticket for this question a few days back. Will update here once I get a response

[anay-208]

@Shahzal-Rehman I received a response 3 days back and I didn't notice it

It can be extended for free!

[Shahzal-Rehman]

oH thats awesome @anay-208

[Shahzal-Rehman]

@anay-208 Thanks ALot For Informing us

[xOryus]

Not FREE Yet..

[morganersery1]

Hi @xOryus - The certification registration system may be trying to give you the old discount. Try logging out, clearing your cache and going to a new browser to log in and register. It's worked for others who were previously seeing the $49 fee still popping up. If that doesn't work the Certifications team should be able to reset or reauthenticate your account if you open a support ticket.

[nadir]

I downloaded the secure test software, answered all 75 questions, When I reach the final section and press end section. I got the error
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'total')
I thought waiting till the timer expires would work but it just seems like they nullified my test and I can't retake it. I tried contacting support. If anyone here is a github staff and could assist me that would be amazing

[kshen0414]

actually not sure if anyone else encountered the same problem as me, i couldn't even enter the main test, because it kept showing nvidia container is prohibited.... there were various methods on how to tackle this online, but overall i just uninstalled nvidia geforce experience entirely.... so i completed the exam with no issue at all

[JakeSteam]

I had the exact same TypeError yesterday when trying to submit the 2nd stage. After raising a GitHub Support ticket my badge was awarded a few hours later, so definitely raise a ticket if you haven't already! They were able to use my existing answers.

[anay-208]

Due to bugs, I won't be giving the exam until this issue is resolved.

However, once I give, I see the certificate would only be valid for 3 years.

After that, do I have to pay to give the exam again to extend the validity

[MuhammadOwais-SE]

Ok. Yesterday I got the badge. I guess my progress was saved

[alielesawy]

@MuhammadOwais-SE Hello Muhammed , congrats for your badge ! , can you guide me how did you prepare yourself?

[anay-208]

Due to bugs, I won't be giving the exam until this issue is resolved.

However, once I give, I see the certificate would only be valid for 3 years.

After that, do I have to pay to give the exam again to extend the validity

[heysagnik]

ok guys give me a shout when everything is fixed

[VaibhavKatariya]

I am facing an issue while registering for GHF. I had previously tried registering and entered my details when there was a bug, and the exam fee was displayed as 49 USD. Now, I am getting the error:

Candidate cannot be registered as an open registration record already exists for this candidate.

[morganersery1]

@VaibhavKatariya Try opening a incognito Chrome window, logging into GitHub there and going through the flow. If you're still seeing the $49, you may have to submit a ticket for the Certifications team to reset your access depending on the situation.

[VaibhavKatariya]

Thank you for the suggestion! I tried using an incognito Chrome window to log into GitHub and go through the registration flow, but unfortunately, I am still encountering the same issue. The error message persists, stating that an open registration record already exists for me.

Could you please guide me on how to submit a ticket for the Certifications team to reset my access? I’d appreciate any additional steps or links to resolve this.

Thank you for your help!

[morganersery1]

Go to: https://support.github.com/contact to create a ticket. If you have a screenshot of the error you're seeing, it will help the team determine if it's coming from our system or PSI (the exam proctor) system.

[Shahzal-Rehman]

where to find coupon

[yasharth-0910]

Hello, I was looking forward on giving test, but my github student pack Waived fee offer is not being applied.

[Shahzal-Rehman]

i also have same porblem
for that i just yesterday filed up a ticket
https://support.github.com/ticket/personal/0/3109532

[Harry-Tom]

i also have same porblem for that i just yesterday filed up a ticket https://support.github.com/ticket/personal/0/3109532

@Shahzal-Rehman did you get a reply on your ticket? @morganersery1 I'm having the same issue as you

[IhwanID]

Having the same issue here

[yasharth-0910]

I later logged in Github via incognito Chrome window, and was able to give test without any issues. @IhwanID @Harry-Tom @Shahzal-Rehman you guys should also probably try this approach

[TianMeds]

Hello i just finished and passed the github foundation now what is the next step to get the badge or if it gives certificate?

[morganersery1]

@TianMeds Hello! It usually takes 1-2 days, but you will receive an email with a link to your digital badge.

[TianMeds]

Thank you, I already received it thanks for the feedback

[Bl0u]

Hello i just finished and passed the github foundation now what is the next step to get the badge or if it gives certificate?

Congratulations on passing the exam! I’m a new developer just starting my journey, and I recently saw the announcement about the free GitHub Foundation certificate. I’m planning to study for it and take the exam soon.

Before I dive into studying, I was wondering if you could share any tips or pointers to help me prepare. Anything I should focus on or be aware of before starting the study process?

[TianMeds]

@Bl0u sorry for the late reply i was busy this past few days. But for tips this are the things i can give mostly

• Keep on practicing using github like creating branches and creating PR
• Try to study more on Github Actions its just like Jira if you've used this in your project management
• Most of the question i answer is more on version control and branches PR
• Focus on Github Collaboration like this and Isuses and security
• There's also a bit of Github Copilot and codespaces in the questions

That's all i remember but in the future i will make my own video on how i pass on it.

[has9sayed]

IT WORKED! Previously it showed no vouchers. Now it does.

Steps:

1. Open an Incognito Window on your browser. (It's better to clear browser cache data beforehand)
2. Sign into your GitHub account.
3. Go to the exam booking page. (You will see that a voucher has been applied to your exam fee)

[Bl0u]

Will the free Foundation Certificate offer be available permanently on the student pack, or will it be removed after a certain period of time?