Liberia ISCED Mapping
School Year reference: 2007
Used for indicators in
UIS
National ISCED
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
Theoretical duration
duration (in years)
entrance age
entrance age
Is the Programme
destination
programme
Theoretical
Theoretical
Theoretical
ISCED97
Main diplomas, qualifications programme orientation or
Name of the education
ID Minimum entrance requirements or certificates awarded at part of ISCED97 level Position in Notes
programme
end of programme Compulsory National
Education? Structure
Pre-primary
1 Kindergarten 3 years old na 3 3 N 0 na na 3 3
education
West Africa Examination
2 Primary education 6 years old 6 6 Y Primary education 1 na na 6 6
Council Certificate Grade 6
Grade 9 West African
West Africa Examination Council Lower secondary
3 Lower Secondary Examination Council 12 3 N 2 A G 12 3
Certificate Grade 6 education
Certificate
Grade 12 West African
Grade 9 West African Student take UAT - Unit Aptitude
4 Upper Secondary Examination Council 15 3 N A
Examination Council Certificate Test to go to university
Certificate
G
Grade 9 West African Upper secondary Provide access to university and
5 Multilateral High School Diplomas 15 3 N 3 B 15 3
Examination Council Certificate education most labor market
Technical and Vocational Completion of Lower Secondary Carpentry, plumbing, masonary,
6 Certificate of Proficiency 15 3 N C V
Education Education horticulture
Post-secondary
Grade 12 West African Grade "C" & Grade "B" Primary and Lower Secondary
7 Teacher Training 18 2 N non-tertiary 4 B G 18 2
Examination Council Certificate Teacher Training Certificate School Teachers
education
BA includes programmes in:
Business, Sciences,
Grade 12 West African
8 Bachelor Bachelor degree 18 4-5 N First degree 18 4-5 Agriculture/Forestry & Teacher
Examination Council Certificate
colleges. In Liberia a College is
A instead the University
First stage of
5 Master of Arts and Master of
9 Master Bachelor degree Master degree 22+ 2 N tertiary education Second degree 22+ 2
Sciences
Polytechnics/ Community Grade 12 West African First
10 Associate degree (AA) 18 2 N B 18 2 Nursing, Business, Accounting
Colleges Programmes Examination Council Certificate qualification
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 internationally comparable indicators, the UIS calculates
participation indicators for ISCED levels 0-3, based on the entrance age and duration presented in columns K and L (ISCED), which may be different from columns E and F (national).
For tertiary education, however, UIS uses a standard formula to calculate the indicator for gross enrolment ratio (GER), which uses a population of the age-group corresponding to five
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 tertiary GER will be 18-22).
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