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What is GCSE? or equivalent?
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I usually see this in job requirements. I am not from the uk, so seems our terminoloy is different. Is it the same as a matric certificate.
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GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) is the basic academic qualification that kids take around the time they're 16, usually after a two-year course, although adults can take them after a one year course in community/further ed.
Instead of it being one all-encompassing certificate, you take one GCSE per subject. Some subjects carry the equivalent of 2 GSCEs - science is typical, and if kids tell you they're doing 'double science', then that's what they mean. Most kids do a maximum of around eight or nine subjects. The benchmark pass rate is to have grade A* (called 'A star') to C in at least five subjects, although the grades go down to E or F, I think. The idea is that there's no 'pass' or 'fail' with them - you just get a grade if you do the work. Once they've got decent grades, then kids can go to do A (advanced) level qualifications in three or four subjects, which may or may not be subjects they've taken at GCSE. It's the A levels that are used by university admissions people to determine entry.
Although the education authorities would have us believe otherwise, GCSE results are no measure of how well a sixteen-year-old will perform in a job.
Instead of it being one all-encompassing certificate, you take one GCSE per subject. Some subjects carry the equivalent of 2 GSCEs - science is typical, and if kids tell you they're doing 'double science', then that's what they mean. Most kids do a maximum of around eight or nine subjects. The benchmark pass rate is to have grade A* (called 'A star') to C in at least five subjects, although the grades go down to E or F, I think. The idea is that there's no 'pass' or 'fail' with them - you just get a grade if you do the work. Once they've got decent grades, then kids can go to do A (advanced) level qualifications in three or four subjects, which may or may not be subjects they've taken at GCSE. It's the A levels that are used by university admissions people to determine entry.
Although the education authorities would have us believe otherwise, GCSE results are no measure of how well a sixteen-year-old will perform in a job.
I think your matric (Senior Certificates) fall somewhere between our GCSE & A Levels, as, should you obtain enough SC passes in the Higher grade you can go to University.
Here, generally speaking from the age of 16 you require GCSE's (at least 5 grade A-C) to do A Levels (in 3 or 4 of those subjects), and then at least 3 A Level passes (at 18 years old generally) to get on an Undergraduate or 1st degree course (Bachelors etc). Depending on grades required/achieved determines the course & university you are accepted to (or not as the case may be).
Under GCSE's achieved, I would refer to what you attained from secondary education (Mathe - Higher etc) and confirm that these grades allowed you to do a degree at ....wherever. If you are doing a recognised degree it is unlikely that they will be too interested in GCSEs but if you get an intervew, you can now explain what your SC's are equivalent to.
Here, generally speaking from the age of 16 you require GCSE's (at least 5 grade A-C) to do A Levels (in 3 or 4 of those subjects), and then at least 3 A Level passes (at 18 years old generally) to get on an Undergraduate or 1st degree course (Bachelors etc). Depending on grades required/achieved determines the course & university you are accepted to (or not as the case may be).
Under GCSE's achieved, I would refer to what you attained from secondary education (Mathe - Higher etc) and confirm that these grades allowed you to do a degree at ....wherever. If you are doing a recognised degree it is unlikely that they will be too interested in GCSEs but if you get an intervew, you can now explain what your SC's are equivalent to.
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