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  2. Higher education in Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

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    Council on Higher Education (CHE) The Council on Higher Education (CHE), which was originally established in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1992, was recognized in legislation through the Council on Higher Education Act in 2006 as a result of a directive outlined in a 2005 White Paper on Public Post-Secondary Education.

  3. Education in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Educational policy is coordinated by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science with municipal governments. Compulsory education ( leerplicht) in the Netherlands starts at the age of five, although in practice, most schools accept children from the age of four. From the age of sixteen there is a partial compulsory education ...

  4. Higher education in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Many of the directives the government has been acting upon in the past 3 years have been a result of recommendations that stemmed from a 2005 white paper: Foundation for Success: White Paper on Public Post-Secondary Education. The Degree Granting Act of Newfoundland and Labrador regulates degree-granting universities in the province.

  5. Educational attainment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Here the difference was a mere $3,766 or 13.8%. The difference between those with a high school diploma ($30,000) and those who did not complete high school ($18,826) was $8,454 or 45%. Overall, the income in the United States for all sexes, races and levels of educational attainment was $36,308 annually. [3]

  6. A-level - Wikipedia

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    The A-level ( Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational authorities of British Crown dependencies to students completing secondary or pre-university education. [1 ...

  7. Joint Matriculation Board - Wikipedia

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    The Joint Matriculation Board was founded by the Victoria University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool and the University of Leeds. [1] The universities had been part of the same institution (the Victoria University ), but were in the process of de-merging. The universities set up the board to maintain a common entrance exam.

  8. Advanced International Certificate of Education - Wikipedia

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    The Advanced International Certificate of Education ( AICE) is an internationally used English language curriculum offered to students in the higher levels of secondary school intended to prepare them for an honours programme during tertiary education. The curriculum is overseen by Cambridge International Examinations which is a branch of ...

  9. Academic grading in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Overview. In the Netherlands, most institutions grade exams, papers and thesis on a scale from 1 (very poor) to 10 (outstanding). The scale is generally further subdivided with intervals of one decimal place, although the use of halves (e.g., 7.5) and quarters (e.g., 7+ or 7−, rounded to 0.8 or 0.3) is also common.