A Level
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The General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level), or A Level, is the ‘gold standard’ of CIE qualifications. A Levels are one of the most recognised qualifications around the world. They are accepted as proof of academic ability for entry into universities, institutes of higher education and military schools and they are equally important for young people moving into employment.
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A Levels have exactly the same value in admitting students to all universities as their UK equivalent. They are also accepted as entry qualifications by universities of the European Union, on a par with the French Baccalaureat, the German Abitur, etc. Good A Level grades can be a key to admission for all the world’s major anglophone universities. University course credit and advanced standing is often available in countries such as the USA and Canada where entrance to university takes place after only 12 years of education. Good grades in carefully chosen A Level subjects can result in up to one full year of credit.
Open that link and look at the names of colleges in that list that recognize and give credit on that system (they dont give a crap about the local Indian system though :hehe:) Like I said, it pains you Indians to see Pakistani students shining and you post meaningless comparisons. Its like comparing elephants with choohaz.
Does pakistan have their own school leaving certificate. Is this examination free. Can any college or school affiliate to such an examination. How prevelant is this in Pakistan. Sorry for my ignorence, I havent heard about this O/A level examination in India. Dont take me wrong please.
Yes they do einstien, but thats not what your fellow Baharti (who is in dire need of barnoool) is talking about. Hes just making false claims because 'PAKISTANIS' are doing good in that system.
Ok edison, then why do u require an international school leaving certificate. Do they get a fee excemption their for their studies to undergraduates.:D
That is a totally different topic Galileo (since youre so fond of exploring new things), its only a select students who go for GCEs, and this is offered by the BEST University in the world, Cambridge (heard of it, i doubt it you cant even spell exemptions properly) and no matter how good the local system is it cant match that, but you should stick to Madras Institute of Technology.
I am no literature luminary Shakespeare, but when I wrote the first post i didn't realize that you will be so pissed off. Again my question stands, do people get "exemption" from fees passing O/A level courses.
I dont know what you are trying to say, its your angreji, but if youre talkign about 'scholarships' (hahah fee exemptions), than YES, most colleges in the US/UK offer scholarships to students with straight As, and on top of that, everyone with a C or better gets about 24-36 credit hours exemption, does that answer your question? So basically, even with a C or better, you end up not taking 25 credits on average in a US College, multiply that by about 800 USD (the fee for one credit hour in general), and thats about $20K my friend (and this isnt scholarship, its just the money they'd save if they get credit for Alevels) PLUS the time and this was posted in that link I put up here for your buddy, read babu read!
This is what I wanted, thank you. U could have saved the trouble. I had already indicated in my first post itself that i was not meaning trouble. But ofcourse u wont have any of it. :)
hey say what you want, I for one, am glad to see india has high education standards (perhaps even higher than pakistan). Afterall, I want the person talking me through installing AOL to be adequately qualified.
I guess you need to visit Beacon House, The City School or Lahore Grammar School in Lahore for the level of studies in O or A levels in those schools. That will give you an idea. I don't know where in the world you get the notion that O or A levels is a "piece" of cake??
If it's not recognized, than why all the lakh or krore patis would be sending their kids to these units rather doing simple Matriculation? Huh!!
Umer
The standard was very low especially in maths & science, compared to what I had learnt at school in India, my results were impressive. Even English was very easy, Hindi studies perhaps a 12 year old could have done well!!
But when I joined University in India, I always felt I was struggling trying to catch up to what the Indian students had learnt at an Indian school.
Perhaps 'A' levels has a decent standard, but do not forget you'll have to study an additional 2 years just to join university.
Perhaps the 'O' levels is of a better standard in England? Pakistan? But I doubt it.
We might have bright students, but India fosters their talent a whole lot better than we do, especially in the humanities. The thought of Pakistani kids running abroad isnt something to be proud of.
Just goes to prove how committed our kids are in leaving Pakistan. Gold medalists don't mean much when most of them are ditching us.
Its sad really, but you can continue clapping if you want.
I have colleagues who’ve gone on to Dartmouth, Yale and MIT with credits for first year undergrad courses… and I myself transitioned into the second year of school at U of Toronto.
I’m kinda surprised that our Indian friends aren’t familiar with the GCE system. I admit that the national education system in India is better than the one in Pakistan on several dimensions… but GCEs are considered an international secondary school qualification all around the world. At least I expected the NRIs to be familiar with it.
The education system of Pakistan is recognized as well. I was on the matric side and did my BComm (equilent of A levels) and I bypassed about 1.5 yrs of undergrad school in the US.
