School Certificate (Mauritius)

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School Certificate
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Ordinary Level
Administrator Cambridge International Examinations
Year started1940s
Duration2 Years
Regions Mauritius
Languages English (excluding Language Subjects)

The School Certificate is an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon the completion of Grade 11, the penultimate stage of secondary school. The qualification is awarded upon earning passing marks on the O-level exams administered by the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate, in conjunction with the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate of the Cambridge International Examinations board.

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Subjects

Typically around 6 to 10 subjects are chosen by the student to be studied at O-level. These subjects may determine the available options for future study at A-level, to be taken for the Higher School Certificate, and for tertiary study in higher education institutions.

Cambridge School Certificate candidates may take the following subjects at O-level: [1]

Syllabus CodeSubject TitleTypeNo. of PapersPractical
1123/1125/1126 English Language (Mauritius) Compulsory3No
3014 French (Mauritius) Compulsory2No
4021/4029 Mathematics (Mauritius) Compulsory2No
2010 Literature in English Optional2No
2020 French Literature Optional2No
2055 Hinduism Optional2No
2068 Islamic Studies Optional2No
2162

History

Optional2No
2210 Computer Science Optional2No
2217 Geography Optional3No
2251 Sociology Optional2No
2281 Economics Optional2No
3180 Arabic Optional2No
3201 Hindi Optional2No
3206 Tamil Optional2No
3209 Urdu Optional2No
3214 Telegu Optional2No
4037 Additional Mathematics Optional2No
4040StatisticsOptional2No
4054 Enterprise Optional2Yes*
5014 Environmental Management Optional2No
5016 Physical Education Optional2Yes*
5025 German Optional4Yes
5038 Agriculture Optional2Yes*
5054 Physics Optional3No
5070 Chemistry Optional3No
5090 Biology Optional3No
5129 Science - Combined Optional3Yes
6005 Art & Design Optional3Yes*
6043 Design and Technology Optional3Yes*
6065 Food and Nutrition Optional2Yes
6130 Fashion and Textiles Optional2Yes*
7048 Design and Communication Optional2Yes*
7096 Travel and Tourism Optional2No
7100 Commerce Optional2No
7115 Business Studies Optional2No
7707 Accounting Optional2No

*This subject's practical paper may not necessarily have a fixed amount of time to work on.

Progression

Students who successfully earn the qualification may then progress to study for the A-level examinations and earn the Higher School Certificate. Students who are unsuccessful in obtaining the qualification may then transition from the academic stream to the vocational stream and progress onto vocational programmes of study. Students may also choose to obtain IGCSE qualifications at a later time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "STATISTICS: SCHOOL CERTIFICATE".


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