The National Trade Certificate qualifications are technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes of study in Mauritius , designed for early school leavers to gain life skills and job skills for entry into employment.
6-634: The entry requirements for the National Trade Certificate Foundation course are the Certificate of Primary Education , the Pre-vocational Certificate , or its equivalent, reflecting satisfactory completion of primary education in the academic or vocational stream. The Pre-vocational Certificate option is available for early school leavers who failed to successfully complete the exams required for
12-598: Is a vocational programme that follows completion of the National Trade Certificate III course. Successful completion of the National Trade Certificate II allows students to enter into a Higher National Diploma programme, a vocational qualification which covers the second year of Bachelor's degree , enabling re-entry into the academic stream. Students may also enter directly into employment after successful completion of
18-574: The Certificate of Primary Education, or who are at or above age 23. The National Trade Certificate Foundation (NTC F) course is a foundation level vocational programme of study designed for early school leavers who failed to complete primary school and earn the Certificate of Primary Education in Mauritius to continue their education and eventually join the vocational stream of education. The National Trade Certificate II (NTC II) course
24-609: The National Trade Certificate qualifications at any level. Certificate of Primary Education The Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) was an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon the completion of primary school . The exam last took place at the end of 2016 before it was replaced by the Primary School Achievement Certificate (PSAC) in 2017. The qualification was awarded upon earning passing marks on
30-663: The awarding of the Form III Certificate now known as the National Certificate of Education (NCE). Students who failed the CPE exams were given one more opportunity to re-sit the exams after repeating Grade 6. If students failed the CPE exams, or had not received their CPE qualification by age 13, were then progressed into the Pre-vocational Certificate . As education was compulsory until age 16, this allowed those who were not able to complete their studies in
36-657: The primary school exams administered by the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate . Students who fully earned the qualification then progressed into secondary school to continue studying. Certificate of Primary Education candidates were examined in the following subjects: Students who passed the Certificate of Primary Education upon successful completion could advance into secondary colleges, where they would begin lower secondary education . The highest achieving students generally progressed into national colleges. Lower secondary education concluded with
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