Student
Exam papers are set and administered nationally through the National Department of Basic Education for government schools, while many (but not all) private school Matrics sit for exams set by the Independent Education Board (IEB), which operates with semi-autonomy under the requirements of Umalusi.
International schools are subject to overseas curriculums, such as the British, American, Canadian or Australian Boards.
Upon completing these two crucial stages, students/pupils have freedom to progress to sixth-form centers, colleges or probably straight to employment.
After basic education, students can opt to take a bachelor's (undergraduate) degree at a higher education institution (i.e. a college or university), which normally lasts for four years, though the length of some courses may be longer or shorter depending on the institution.
For undergraduate it is 3 years except Engineering (BTech or BE), Pharmacy (B.pharm), Bsc agriculture which are 4-year degree course, Architecture (B.Arch.)
[citation needed] The Philippines is currently in the midst of a transition to a K-12 (also called K+12) basic education system.
After basic education, students can opt to take a bachelor's (undergraduate) degree at a higher education institution (i.e. a college or university), which normally lasts for four years though the length of some courses may be longer or shorter depending on the institution.
Having a diploma, a student can participate in the Iranian University Entrance Exam or Konkoor in different fields of Mathematics, Science, Humanities, languages, and art.
[10] Members of the Baháʼí Faith, a much-persecuted minority, are officially forbidden to attend university,[11] in order to prevent members of the faith becoming doctors, lawyers or other professionals; however, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian people are allowed entry to universities.
student) applies only to someone attending a university or a school of a similar level, that is to say pupils in a cursus reserved to people already owning a Baccalauréat.
Some other terms may apply in specific schools, some depending on the classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles attended.
In Germany, the German cognate term Student (male) or "Studentin" (female) is reserved for those attending a university.
At the end of third year, all students must sit a compulsory state examination called the Junior Certificate.
In transition year pupils take a break from regular studies to pursue other activities that help to promote their personal, social, vocational and educational development, and to prepares them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society.
It also provides a bridge to enable pupils to make the transition from the more dependent type of learning associated with the Junior Cert.
At the end of the sixth year a final state examination is required to be sat by all pupils, known as the Leaving Certificate.
[citation needed] At Trinity College Dublin under-graduate students are formally called "junior freshmen", "senior freshmen", "junior sophister" or "senior sophister", according to the year they have reached in the typical four year degree course.
According to the goliardic initiation traditions the grades granted (following approximately the year of enrollment at university) are: matricola (freshman), fagiolo (sophomore), colonna (junior), and anziano (senior), but most of the distinctions are rarely used outside Goliardia.
Traditionally, the term "student" is reserved for people studying at university level in the United Kingdom.
The ancient Scottish University of St Andrews uses the terms "bejant" for a first year (from the French "bec-jaune" – "yellow beak", "fledgling").
A pupil entering a private, fee-paying school (usually at age 13) would join the "third form" – equivalent to year 9.
A report by Universities UK, Studentification: A Guide to Opportunities, Challenges and Practice (2006) has explored the subject and made various recommendations.
[12] A particular problem in many locations is seen as the impact of students on the availability, quality and price of rented and owner-occupied property.
The overall school curricula are overseen by the provincial and territorial governments, therefore the way educational stages are grouped and named can differ.
Pre-kindergarten, also known as "preschool" (and sometimes shortened to "Pre-K") is becoming a standard of education as academic expectations for the youngest students continue to rise.
Outside the United States, the term sophomore is rarely used, with second-year students simply called "second years".
The term Middler is used to describe a third-year student of a school (generally college) that offers five years of study.
An adult learner—or, more commonly, a mature student or mature-age student—is a person who is older and is involved in forms of learning.
[24] In fact, pranks play such a significant part in student culture that numerous books have been published that focus on the issue.
"Junior" and "senior" are not used in this figurative way to refer to third and fourth years or efforts, because of those words' broader meanings of "younger" and "older".
