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Colombia
In Colombia, secondary school has two milestones, in 9th and 11th grades. After completing the first 4 years of secondary school (6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades), a student is considered to have completed the basic secondary school while after completed the last two years (10th and 11th grades) is considered to have completed “bachillerato” or high school diploma. # ISO certification in India
This degree can be either academic (the most common) or:
- military, given by military specialised schools. It provides the opportunity for male students not to go to otherwise compulsory military service.
- commercial, which grants students focused skills on accountancy.
- technical, which grants students focused skills on technical abilities such as electricity, mechanics and related matters.
- academic, which grants students focused skills on elementary education.
After graduating from high-school, hopeful students must take a nationwide exam that determines their eligibility to apply for their desired program, depending on the score the student achieves on the exam. In Colombia, the system of academic degrees is similar to the US model. After completing their “bachillerato” (high school), students can take one of three options. The first one is called a “profesional” (professional career), which is similar to a bachelor’s degree requiring from four to six years of study according to the chosen program. However, strictly-career-related subjects are taken from the very beginning unlike US where focused career-related subjects usually are part of the curriculum from the third year. The other option is called a “técnico” (technician); this degree consists of only two and a half years of study and prepares the student for technical or mechanical labors. Finally, the third option is called a “tecnólogo” (equivalent to an associate degree), and consist of 3 years of study. A technical school gives to the student, after a program of two years, an undergraduate degree in areas like software development, networks and IT, accountancy, nursing and other areas of health services, mechanics, electricity and technic-like areas.# ISO certification in India
Universities offer graduate degrees in ICFES endorsed programs like medicine, engineering, laws, accountancy, business management and other professional areas. A typical undergraduate program usually takes 10 or 11 semesters and some (i.e. medicine) require an additional period of service or practice to apply for the degree. A student who has obtained an undergraduate degree can opt to continue studying a career after completing their undergraduate degree by continuing onto master’s and doctorate degrees. They can also choose to do a specialization in certain fields of study by doing an extra year.# ISO certification in India
Costa Rica, El Salvador and Venezuela
See also: Education in Costa Rica, Education in El Salvador, and Education in Venezuela
In these countries, there are two titles that should not be confused:
- High school students who pass their bachillerato or high school exams obtain a certificate of Bachiller deEducación Secundaria (not the same as a ‘Bachelor’ for higher education degrees), which is needed in order to enter a university and is usually requested by companies in their profiles.
- University students obtain an American equivalent bachelor’s degree in their respective fields after completing four years of education, and a licenciatura licentiate degree completing one more year of studies (and meeting other requisites unique to each institution, it is common to write a dissertation on the professional field), this enables them to work as professionals in their chosen areas; for example, a Profesor en Enseñanza Secundaria (“Licentiate degree in secondary education”) enables a person to work as a high school teacher. Currently, the trend is for universities not to offer a bachelor’s degree and to offer instead a licentiate’s or “ingeniero” degree after five years of education.# ISO certification in India
Guyana
In Guyana, the universities offer bachelor programs in different streams like Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science in nursing, design and arts, liberal arts, psychology, Doctor of Medicine (MD) and other health science programs. These programs are delivered by University of Guyana, Texila American University, Green Heart Medical University, Lesley university and many more offers these bachelor programs.# ISO certification in India
Mexico
Bachelor’s degrees may take an average of five years (from four to five years) to complete depending on the course load and the program and they are awarded by colleges and universities. Medicine is from 6 to 7 years. Each college has its own curriculum and requirements with an emphasis of their choice, governed independently by each state of the republic. After finishing all the subjects the student require a final work, which means the completion of particular honours seminars, research and development or a written thesis in a particular field. Mexico’s regulations established as an obligation in order to receive their license and title the fulfillment of a “social service” to the nation (usually for those who finished their studies in a public institution) as a remuneration to society in the form of social actions, the benefits, as students, were received during training. This requirement takes about six months to one year depending on the type of degree. Bachelor’s degree should not be falsely related with its Spanish cognate “bachiller”, which designate a prerequisite for matriculate in a career or bachelor studies. The official name for a bachelor’s degree in Mexico is “licenciado” and such studies are referred as “licenciatura”.# ISO certification in India
Bachelor’s degrees should not be confused with Engineering Degrees, where an Ingeniería is prefixed to the name and requires additional courses for certification as an Engineer.# ISO certification in India
