National Senior Certificate Grade 12

							                                                                                                                                      Namibia 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




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Theoretical duration
                                                                                              entrance age




                                                                                                                                                                                                                 entrance age
                                                                                                                                        Is the                                                   Programme




                                                                                                                                                                                 programme
                                                                                                                                                                                 destination
                                                                                               Theoretical




                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Theoretical
                                                                        Main diplomas,




                                                                                                                  (in years)




                                                                                                                                                                                  ISCED97
                                                                                                                                     programme                                                  orientation or
            Name of the education          Minimum entrance            qualifications or
   ID                                                                                                                                  part of               ISCED97 level                       Position in                                                                            Notes
                programme                    requirements           certificates awarded at
                                                                                                                                     Compulsory                                                    National
                                                                      end of programme
                                                                                                                                     Education?                                                   Structure


                                                                                                                                                        Pre-primary
    1       Pre-Primary Program               5 years old                     na                  5                  2                   n                                   0      na               na              5                    2
                                                                                                                                                         education

                                                                      National Grade 7
    2     Primary Basic Education             7 years old                                         7                  7                   Y           Primary education       1      na               na              7                    7
                                                                        examination

              Junior Secondary             National Grade 7          Junior Secondary                                                                 Lower secondary                                                                                                  Include special schools for Girls - and
    3                                                                                           14                   3                   Y                                   2       A                G            14                     3
                 Education                   examination            Education Certificate                                                                education                                                                                                              Pioneers for Boys.

                                                                  International General                                                                                                                                                                              NAMCOL, TUCSIN and other remmedial
             Senior Secondary         Junior Secondary Education
    4                                                            Certificate of secondary       17                   2                   N                                           A                G                                                              programmes are available for students to
                Education                      Certificate
                                                                   education (IGCSE)                                                                  Upper secondary                                                                                                   improve their grades at Grade 12.
                                                                                                                                                                             3                                     17                     2
                                                                                                                                                         education
             Vocational training      Junior secondary Education                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pass of Grade D in Mathematics, Physical
    5                                                                  Trade Diploma            17                   3                   N                                           C                V
               Centres (VTC)                   Certificate                                                                                                                                                                                                                         science.

                                         International General
    6             Bachelor              Certificate of secondary     Bachelors Degree           19                   4                   N                                                      First Degree       19                     4                        Includes Bachelor of Technology programme
                                          education (IGCSE)                                                                                                                          A

    7              Masters                    Bachelors                Masters Degree           23                   1                   N                                                     Second Degree       23                     1

             Vocational training
    8                                           IGCSE               Vocational certificate      19                   2                   n                                                                                                2
               Centres (VTC)
                                                                                                                                                        First stage of
            National / Agricultural                                                                                                                                          5
    9                                           IGCSE                 National Diploma          19                   3                   N            tertiary education
                  Diploma
                                                                                                                                                                                                   First                                  3
          Basic education teacher        Completion of senior      Basic education teacher                                                                                           B                             19
   10                                                                                           19                   3                   N                                                      Qualification                                                      In service teacher can enter at a mature age.
                  diploma               secondary (Grade 12)               diploma
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Certificates for one year, higher certificate for
                Certificate in           Completion of senior        Certificate/ Higher                                                                                                                                                                            two years, diploma for three years, Bachelor
   11                                                                                           19              1-3                      N                                                                                              1-3
                Polytechnics            secondary (Grade 12)        Certificate / Diploma                                                                                                                                                                          for 4 years. Mostly sudents continue until the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    diploma level.

                                                                                                                                                       Second stage of
   12             Doctorate                    Masters                    Doctorate             24                   5                   N                                   6                                     24                     5
                                                                                                                                                      tertiary education



          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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