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- UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Upper
secondary education is three years in duration and requires the
Intermediate Education Certificate for admission. A variety of options
or streams are available at the secondary level and students have a
choice as to what type of institution they attend. General,
Comprehensive, Vocational, and Industrial programmes are available. In
addition, health institutes and nursing schools are part of the
secondary school system. It should be noted however, that female
students are limited in the choices available to them for secondary
study.
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- AGE OF ADMISSION
- Age 15
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- LENGTH
- Three years
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- PROGRAMME OF STUDY
Curriculum for secondary general education (boys):
Religious and Arabic Sciences
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Subject
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Number
of weekly periods per grade*
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I
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II
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III
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Religious
education
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5
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12
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12
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Arabic
language and literature
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6
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9
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9
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Social
sciences
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2
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3
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3
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Natural
sciences
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6
|
-
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-
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Mathematics
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5
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-
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-
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English
language
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4
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4
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4
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Computer
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2
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2
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2
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Library
and research
|
1
|
1
|
1
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National
education
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1
|
1
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1
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Physical
education
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1
|
1
|
1
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Activities
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1
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1
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1
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Total
weekly periods
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34
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34
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34
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Curriculum
for secondary general education (boys): Administrative and Social Sciences
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Subject
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Number
of weekly periods per grade*
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I
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II
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III
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Religious
education
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5
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6
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6
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Arabic
language and literature
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6
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4
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4
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Social
sciences
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2
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5
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4
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Administrative
sciences
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-
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5
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6
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Mathematics
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6
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4
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4
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English
language
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4
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4
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4
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Computer
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2
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2
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2
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Library
and research
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
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National
education
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
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Physical
education
|
1
|
1
|
1
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Activities
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1
|
1
|
1
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Total
weekly periods
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34
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34
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34
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Curriculum
for secondary general education (boys): Natural Sciences
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Subject
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Number
of weekly periods per grade*
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I
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II
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III
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Religious
education
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5
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5
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5
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Arabic
language and literature
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6
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3
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3
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Social
sciences
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2
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-
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-
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Natural
sciences
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6
|
13
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13
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Mathematics
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5
|
6
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6
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English
language
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4
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4
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4
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Computer
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2
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2
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2
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Library
and research
|
1
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-
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-
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National
education
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1
|
1
|
1
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Physical
education
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1
|
1
|
1
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Activities
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1
|
1
|
1
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Total
weekly periods
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34
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36
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36
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Curriculum
for secondary general education (boys): Technical Sciences
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Subject
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Number
of weekly periods per grade*
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I
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II
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III
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Religious
education
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5
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5
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5
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Arabic
language and literature
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6
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3
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3
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Social
sciences
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2
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-
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-
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Natural
sciences
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6
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6
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6
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Technical
sciences
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-
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8
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8
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Mathematics
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5
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5
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5
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English
language
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4
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4
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4
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Computer
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2
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2
|
1
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Library
and research
|
1
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-
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-
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National
education
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1
|
1
|
1
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Physical
education
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1
|
1
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1
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Activities
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1
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-
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-
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Total
weekly periods
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34
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35
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34
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- * "Number of weekly periods per
grade" refers to the weekly teaching hours per subject per year.
A period means an hour of instruction time in a subject.
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- ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION
- At the end of the third year of study, students sit
for the national general secondary examination and receive the General
Secondary Education Certificate. Students (males only) who have
completed their education in religious secondary programmes receive the
Religious Institute Secondary Education Certificate.
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- GRADING SCALE
- Percentile
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- Description
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- WES Equivalency
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- 85 – 100
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- Excellent
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- A
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- 75 – 84
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- Very Good
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- B+
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- 65 – 74
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- Good
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- B
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- 50 – 64
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- Fair
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- C
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- 0 – 50
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- Fail
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- F
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Revised: May 06, 2004
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