7/27/2019 Singapore ISCED Mapping

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School Year reference: 2007

A B C D E F G

IDName of the education

programme

Minimum entrance

requirements

Main diplomas, qualifications

or certificates awarded at end

of programmeTheoretical

entranceage

Theoretical

duration(inyears)

Is the

programme

part of

Compulsory

Education?

1 Pre-primary na na 3 3 N Pre-p

2 Primary 1 - 6 na

Primary school leaving

examination (PSLE)

certificate

6 6 Y Prim

3 Secondary 1 - 2Express or

Normal (Academic)

Completed primary na 12 2 N

4Secondary 1 - 2

Normal (Technical) or equivalentCompleted primary na 12 2 N

5

Secondary 3 - 4/5

Express or

Normal (Academic)

Completed lower secondary 'N' or 'O' Level 14 2 N

6Secondary 3 - 4

Normal (Technical) or equivalentCompleted lower secondary 'N' Level or equivalent 14 2 N

7 Junior colleges Completed 'O' Level 'A' Level or equivalent 16 2 N

8Institute of technical education

(ITE)Completed 'N' or 'O' Level

National ITE certificate

(Nitec) or Higher national ITE

certificate (Higher Nitec)

16 2 N

9 University (1st degree) Completed 'A' level Bachelor degree 18 3 N

10 University (2nd degree) Bachelor degree Master degree 21 1 N

11 Polytechnic Completed 'O' level Diploma 16-17 3 N

12 University (Doctorate) Master degree Ph.D 22 3 NSe

tert

G = General

P = Pre-vocational

V = Vocational

na = not applicable

A, B, C = Destination categories

N.B: The mappings present the correspondence between the national structure and the international framework (ISCED). To produce internatio

participation indicators for ISCED levels 0-3, based on the entrance age and duration presented in columns K and L (ISCED), which may be diff

For tertiary education, however, UIS uses a standard formula to calculate the indicator for gross enrolment ratio (GER), which uses a population

years following on from the secondary school leaving age (e.g. If the ending of secondary education is 17, then the age-group used for the tertia

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