List of secondary school leaving qualifications
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A secondary school leaving qualification is a document signifying that the holder has fulfilled any secondary education requirements of their locality, often including the passage of a final qualification examination.
For each leaving certificate student, they obtain a certain number of points coinciding with the results they received in their examinations. These results will then determine the qualifications of the student; Whether they get into university or whether they have to have an alternative method into what they wish to study.
Africa
East Africa
Kenya - Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
Uganda - Advanced Certificate of Education
Tanzania - Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (C.S.E.E)
West Africa
West Africa - West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
Nigeria - National Examination Council (NECO)
Tunisia - Baccalauréat
South Africa
South Africa - National Senior Certificate (NSC) and National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV).
Zimbabwe -
ZIMSEC GCE Advanced Level
ZIMSEC GCE Ordinary Level, a prerequisite to the GCE Advanced Level.
Eswatini - Eswatini General Certificate of Secondary Education (EGCSE)
Americas
United States and Canada
United States - US schools do not typically have a leaving exam, but they do exist. For a general resource on exit exams at different levels in the US, see this page on exit examinations. Most US high schools use a High School Diploma to designate successful completion of the secondary school requirements of their locality.
General Educational Development (GED) credential for non-diploma holders
New York State - Regents Diploma
Canada - Canadian High School Diploma Formerly the Canadian Diploma Certificate of Education (CDCE)
Diplôme des études secondaires Formerly Quebec High School/Secondary Certificate and québécois baccalaureat
Canadian high school examinations
South America
Brazil - The Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio, shortened as Enem, is a non-mandatory, standardized Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school students in Brazil. Recently, the exam has been used both as an admission test for enrollment in 68 federal universities and 26 educational institutes, as well as for certification for a high school degree.
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