Matriculation
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, all states replaced the matriculation examination with either a certificate, such as the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Victoria and New South Wales, or a university entrance exam such as the Tertiary Entrance Exam in Western Australia.
Bangladesh, like the rest of Indian sub-continent, still uses terms such as Matriculation Exams and Intermediate Exams taken from the days of the British Raj although in England itself these terms were replaced by 'O' or Ordinary Level Examinations (now called GCSEs) and 'A' or Advanced Level Examinations respectively.
Trinity College at the University of Toronto also holds formal matriculation ceremonies, during which time incoming students are required to sign a matriculation register, making the practice the closest in format to that conducted by Oxford and Cambridge colleges of any university in North America.
[2] It is also where first-year engineering students take the "Hardhat Oath," a modified version of the Rifleman's Creed.
[3] At McGill University in Montreal, matriculation ceremonies have been substantially stripped down since the 1990s, although a speech by the Principal, typically held at Molson Stadium, to the incoming class is still a ritualized annual tradition.
The ceremony itself involves students taking the Matriculation Oath of the university and symbolically touching the faculty mace and shaking the dean's hand.
In Finland, Matriculation (Finnish: Ylioppilastutkinto, Swedish: Studentexamen) is the examination taken at the end of Secondary education to qualify for entry into University.
The German term Immatrikulation describes the administrative process of enrolling at university as a student.
Although the basic curriculum is prescribed by the CBSE & almost all the competitive exams for entering in various universities in India are based on CBSE syllabus,[citation needed] various scholarships are also provided to students appearing for matriculation exams like NTSE,[5] NSO, NSTSC etc.
In Malaysia, matriculation programmes are run by public universities and the Ministry of Education (MoE).
The matriculation programme provided by the MoE is a one-year pre-U program sponsored by the Malaysian government.
Several universities in United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand recognize the MoE Matriculation as a pre-U qualification.
[citation needed] In Nepal, it refers to the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) before now it is known as Secondary education examination (SEE) (As per new education act 2016) taken at year 10, before Intermediate Exams (Higher Secondary or 10+2) taken in subsequent two years prior to university entry.
Most students enter university after a specific high-school track, the pre-university education (Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs).
This track is concluded by the Central Exam (matriculation examination) regulated by Dutch law.
After the SSC (or TSC), students may proceed for 11th year of education at a higher secondary school.
After successful completion of 11th (HSSC-1) and 12th (HSSC-2) years in college, they get the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and become eligible to enter universities in Pakistan or in other countries.
Pakistan still uses terms such as Matriculation Exams and Intermediate Exams taken from the days of British rule, although in England itself these terms were replaced with 'O' or Ordinary Level Examinations (now called GCSEs) and 'A' or Advanced Level Examination.
The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858.
At most universities and colleges in the United States, matriculation refers to mere enrollment or registration as a student at a university or college by a student intending to earn a degree, an event which involves no special ceremony.
