SAP Certification via Pearson Vue in Middle East

Dear Customers and Partners,

In 2013, the decision was made that SAP MENA would not be hosting any certification sessions directly. We have been providing Pearson Vue vouchers to enable participants to attend certification sessions at one of the many Pearson Vue testing centers across MENA. These vouchers were (and still are) are only redeemable by the person purchasing the voucher and only in the MENA region (excluding Pakistan)

-          UAE, Qatar, KSA, Egypt, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Kuwait, and Lebanon.

• What is Pearson Vue?

Pearson Vue is a SAP Certified Testing Center that holds certification exams. For more information on Pearson Vue, please click on the following website link:

http://www.pearsonvue.com/sap/

As a further step in ensuring we offer certification to qualifying participants, we are now putting the following conditions in place.

In order to be eligible to obtain a Pearson Vue voucher, the applicant should meet the following criteria:

(Step 1)

1. 1. All Applications must meet one of the following requirements:

1) Should be a MENA National with a valid passport (This excludes all embargo countries)

OR

2) Should have a valid MENA Residence visa (This excludes all embargo countries)

Proof of the above should be sent to SAP MENA Education in the form of either a valid passport (in the case of a MENA National) or a valid residence visa (in the case of a MENA Resident) we do not accept business or tourist visas

1. 2. In addition to the above, a participant needs to meet one of the following requirements:

1) Should have attended Official SAP Courses directly from an SAP Education Training Center, in this case, participants should
a) Forward a copy of their Certificate of Attendance/Participation
b) Forward their S user ID – (SXXXXXXXXXX)

2) Should have attended Official SAP Courses from an authorized SAP Training Partner, in this case, participants should
a) Forward a copy of Certificate of Attendance/Participation
b) Forward a copy of confirmation from the Partner - signed and stamped

3) If working for an SAP Partner or SAP Customer for at least 1 year, participants should
a) Forward a copy of their CV with qualifications
b) Forward a letter from their company, confirming their relevant experience (as required for the particular certification exam) - signed and stamped by their HR department

                - HR letter must contain:

1)            Certification Exam code:

1. a.            Ex: C_THR12_66

2)            Company Name

1. a.            Must be in MENA

1. b.            Must be a SAP customer/partner

3)            Position/Designation

4)            Job Description

1. a.            Experience must be relevant to the exam

1. b.            Experience must be in MENA

1. c.             Include the start and end date of specified experience

5)            Existing Reference

1. a.            Must be in MENA

1. b.            Relevant to the experience mentioned (can confirm your experience)

1. i.              Name

1. ii.             Designation

1. 1.            Proof of ID from company

1. iii.            Phone number

1. iv.           Email ID

6)            Letter must be stamped and signed by HR

4) Should have a SAP Learning Hub Subscription, participants should
a) Forward their S user ID (SXXXXXXXXXX) / SAP Learning Hub ID

Note: Without fulfilment of the above stated requirements (any one of them), the voucher will not be issued.

Provide a copy of your visa/ passport PLUS the other relevant requirements

• Scan the first page (Identification page) of your passport, as well as the Visa page and send it to us. Please note that the scan must be clear, and all the letters must be legible.

• All other requirements MUST be clear; otherwise registration will NOT be accepted.

Important NOTES:

1)      You are only qualified to purchase the Certification voucher for the Exam code that is relevant to your experience.

            Example: For C_THR12_65 exam

1)      You need to show Courses attended

1. a.       Certificates for THR10 and THR12

2)      You need to show Letter from Company

1. a.       Confirmation from Manager/ HR  signed and stamped

Before Taking the exam

1. 1. We can only provide the voucher once the payment has been received. (Please allot at least 2 weeks for payment confirmation.)

1. 2. You need to contact Pearson Vue testing centers directly to check the schedule and exam availability. On their website, you can find all collection of exams, schedules and testing centers.

1. 3. Voucher is valid for three (3) months only. You need to utilize the voucher within 3 months upon receiving it. However, the exam can be booked even after 3 months depending on the testing centers’ availability.

1. 4. Please do not make any plans or commitments regarding your certification exam until you receive the voucher.

1. 5. Please note that once we have issued the voucher, there is NO REFUND.

1. 6. Voucher is NON TRANSFERRABLE.

* IMPORTANT NOTE:

We are able to cross check the voucher code against the name of the examinee and if the registration does not match, we can delete you certification completely even if you have passed the exam and the certificate will be invalid.

1. 7. You can only take the same exam 3 times, if you fail all; you need to wait until the latest version of the exam is released.

1. 8. All certificates will be sent directly from SAP Germany to the address in your Pearson Vue profile via POST only NOT couriered. Make sure that your address is complete and correct in order to avoid any delay or loss in certificate delivery.

1. 9. The certificate delivery time is 6-8 weeks after the exam date.

1. 10. In case of any issues regarding Pearson Vue website, please contact PVEMEACUSTOMERSERVICE@PEARSON.COM email for customer support

(Step 2)

Fill in the application

The Application Form is attached along with this email. Please fill in the Application Form and make sure you write all your information accurately. Most importantly, mention the exam code. You can get the information on the correct Exam code from the following link:

https://training.sap.com/ae/en/certification/

Lastly, do not forget to provide your signature, once you have filled in the form.

Note: If you already have an S-User ID, kindly provide that to us. We need it to maintain your correct record in our system. (The S-User ID is for the person who is taking the exam.)

S-User ID is different from SAP-ID. SAP-ID is created upon creation of Pearson Vue Account. Please refer to the Pearson Vue website for more details.

(Step 3)

1. 1.       Document validation

Please provide all the requested documents for validation purposes, once approved,

we will provide the bank details and the payment methods.

1. 2.       Certification fee structure

The Associate Certificate (Code starts with C) is $475. (1,742 AED; 1,782 SAR)

The Professional Certificate (Code starts with P) is $895. (3,283 AED; 3,357 SAR)

What’s new in SAP MENA EDUCATION?

                  a) Learning Hub

SAP Learning Hub provides immediate, cloud-based access to a vast selection of SAP learning content – and to our innovative, interactive learning rooms. And when you add SAP Live Access, you can carry out class assignments, prepare for customer engagements, or just experiment with live, fully configured SAP training systems.

• HUB020 – Customer Edition

• HUB030 – Partner Edition

Link: https://training.sap.com/ae/en?lf1=1161260645b615818505001a39193533

                     b) Certification in the Cloud

Exam code- CER006

- All exams available up to a maximum number of 6 exam attempts via one single 12-month subscription
- Exams available immediately at the workplace 24 x7 via remote proctoring

Exams Available:
- Success Factors
- Cloud for Customers

Note: You MUST fulfill the Certification pre-requisites to qualify for registration.

Price for CER006 is 545 USD (2000 AED; 2050 SAR)

https://training.sap.com/shop/content/CloudCert?lf1=5311260645f931018505001d39324960

UAE Link - https://training.sap.com/shop/course/cer006-sap-certification-in-the-cloud-certification-online-010-ae-en/

KSA Link - https://training.sap.com/shop/course/cer006-sap-certification-in-the-cloud-certification-online-010-sa-en/

Should you require any further information, do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards,

SAP Education MENA

O2I (Order to Invoice) Education Billing, Global Finance Shared Services

SAP Business Services Center Europe s.r.o., Avenir Business Park, Radlicka 714/113a, 15800 Prague 5, Czech Republic

E-mail: education.mena@sap.com

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