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Education Profiles
- Higher Education
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- University education, to which students are admitted after completing the secondary stage, ranges from three to six years. Applicants are registered in colleges and universities to pursue their studies in various specialisations such as arts, sciences, medicine, engineering, etc. Bachelor’s degrees in the fields of Arts, Education, and Science are awarded upon completion of four-year programmes. Five-year programmes leading to a Bachelor’s degree are awarded in Architectural Engineering, Dental Surgery, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. Programmes leading to a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery require six years to complete.
- In addition to colleges and universities, there are two-year postsecondary institutes which train students for various technical professions. Upon completion of these two-year programmes, students are awarded a Technician Diploma. Students completing either a five-year (based on Intermediate Stage education) or two-year teacher-training programme (based on Preparatory Stage education) are awarded a Diploma in Education.
- The postgraduate study leading to master’s degrees requires the bachelor’s degree for admission. Master’s degrees are usually completed in two years, although a few one-year master’s programmes are available. Doctoral study requires a minimum of three years of study beyond the master’s degree. Doctoral programmes consist of one year of coursework and two years of research and dissertation. Since most programmes are highly selective, institutions offering postgraduate study generally have only one or two doctoral candidates at a time.
- Two - six years
- Students are assessed via coursework, examinations, course projects and thesis or dissertation. Science programmes tend to be graded more severely than social sciences or humanities. Science students rarely graduate with a grade of 89 percent or above and only five percent graduate with an average grade of 79 percent.
- For bachelor’s degree programmes, the grade average is calculated on the basis of the last two years of study. At the postgraduate level a grade of 60 percent or higher is required to pass a course and an overall average of 70 percent is required in order to obtain a degree.
- Two grading scales are employed at the tertiary level.
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- Other Postsecondary Programmes
- Numeric
- English
- WES
- 80 – 100
- Excellent/Very Good
- A
- 60 – 79
- Good/Medium
- B
- 50 – 59
- Average/Pass
- C
- 0 – 49
- Fail
- F
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