The General Certificate of Education (GCE) is a subject-specific family of academic qualifications that awarding bodies in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Crown dependencies and a few Commonwealth countries, notably Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore, confer on students..
Education in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), which controls the development and administration of state schools receiving taxpayers' funding, but also has an advisory and supervisory role in respect of private schools. For both private and state schools, there are variations in the extent of autonomy in their curriculum, scope of taxpayers' aid and funding, tuition burden on the students, and admission policy.
Millennia Institute is a centralised institute in Singapore offering three-year pre-university education. It is currently the only pre-university centre to offer the Commerce stream apart from the traditional arts and science streams offered by pre-university institutions.
The International School of Choueifat (ISC) is a collection of private international schools run by SABIS school system in various countries of the Middle East. The first International School of Choueifat was founded in Choueifat, Lebanon in 1886 and later expanded to various parts of the Persian Gulf region. The first Choueifat school in the Persian Gulf opened in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in 1975 and subsequently others opened in other cities across the Middle East.
The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (O-level) examination is a national examination held annually in Singapore. The examinations are jointly conducted by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) as well as the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB).
Bloomfield Hall School is an educational institution in Pakistan. The aim of the project was to provide characteristic British style education leading to British qualifications. Pupils of Bloomfield Hall are prepared for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examinations of the UK examining bodies.
Divisional Model College commonly known as DMC is a semi-private and independent selective school based in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The school provides preschool education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for international GCE examinations. The senior section is the main campus of school and situated in the heart of city besides Iqbal Stadium in a premises of 51 acres intermixing with Divisional Public School Faisalabad.
National Grammar School or NGS is an academic institution located in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It provides preschool education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for international General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations.
The A 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. They were first introduced in England and Wales in 1951 to replace the Higher School Certificate. A number of countries, including Singapore, Uganda, Kenya, Mauritius and Zimbabwe have developed qualifications with the same name as and a similar format to the British A Levels. Obtaining an A Level, or equivalent qualifications, is generally required for university entrance, with universities granting offers based on grades achieved.
Isolog Schools are private owned institutes with a main campus in Akute, Ogun State and another in Ojodu, Lagos State, southern Nigeria.
The General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level, or A Level, is a main school leaving qualification in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is available as an alternative qualification in other countries.
Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1987, is a private fee-paying academic institution with most of its campuses located primarily in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. LACAS provides preschool, primary and secondary education and preparation for international General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations.
Salamat School System (SSS) is a group of elite private fee-paying academic institutions throughout Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. SSS provides preschool education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for national and international General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations. The group currently comprises:
Resource Academia (RA), founded in 2003 and sold to Lacas in 2016 as the Punjab Group Colleges did not require it, is a private fee-paying academic institution located at Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, as part of the W-block compound. Resource Academia provides preschool education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for General Certificate of Education (GCE). It is affiliated with the Punjab Group of Colleges.
Junior colleges are pre-university institutions in Singapore that offers two-year pre-university courses that leads to either the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level or the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
The education system in Lahore is formulated along specific modern, religious, cultural, social, psychological, commerce and scientific injunctions. Lahore is Pakistan’s largest producer of professionals in the fields of science, technology, IT, engineering, medicine, nuclear sciences, pharmacology, telecommunication, biotechnology and microelectronics. Most of the reputable universities are public, but in recent years there has also been an upsurge in the number of private universities. The current literacy rate of Lahore is 64%. The standard national system of education is mainly inspired from the British system. The system also aims to imbibe a secular outlook among the students with the awareness of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. Lahore has a wide range of schools, colleges and universities that caters to diverse streams.
Higher education in Sri Lanka is an optional final stage of formal learning following secondary education. Higher education, also referred to as tertiary education occurs most commonly universities or degree-granting institutions. These may be public universities, public and private degree-granting institutions which award their own degrees or degrees from foreign universities. High visibility issues include limited capacity of public universities to cater for the demand and opposition to private universities from certain segments.
Secondary education in Singapore is based on four different tracks or streams:"Integrated Programme", "Express", "Normal (Academic)", or "Normal (Technical)". Singaporeans are forbidden to attend international schools on the island without Ministry of Education permission. At the end of Primary 6, the national Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is held. The examination determines whether the student is ready to leave primary school by passing; places in secondary schools are allocated according to students' performance in the examination.
The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Normal Level (N-Level) examination is a national examination held annually in Singapore. It is taken after four years in the normal academic or normal technical stream. For subjects examined in English and foreign languages, the examining authority are the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. For localized language subjects, the examining authority is the Ministry of Education, Singapore.
