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Belarus

Name of the qualification in original language

Аттестат об общем среднем образовании (аттестат об общем среднем образовании особого образца снаграждением золотой (серебряной) медалью)

Translation in English

General secondary education certificate (general secondary education certificate of a special type with awarding a gold (silver) medal)

Awarding body

Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus

Total number of years of schooling

11 years

Comments/Additional Information

The period of general secondary education is 2 years (the 10th and the 11th classes). After this there are 4 compulsory school leaving examinations (Russian/Belarusian, Mathematic, Foreign language,National history), after 11 years of study, and the pupil get a general education secondary certificate. Plus 3 certificates of centralized testing are compulsory too to enter the higher education (subjects of the testing depend of the university /the further field of study). The average score of the general secondary education certificate is summarized with the scores of the results of centralized testing. And if the summerized scores are  enough the pupil enter the higher education institution.

Subjects: 4 school leaving examinations (Russian/Belarusian, Mathematic, Foreign language, National history). 

Grading: 1-10 scale, with a 1 as minimum passing grade.

 

Duration of basic secondary education - 5 years and 3 examinations (Russian, Belarusian, Mathematics) - it is a compulsory school education.

Documents that are give admission to higher education in Belarus:

  • Diploma of professional and technical education (with the general secondary education component);
  • Diploma of specialized secondary education;
  • plus 3 certificates of centralized testing is compulsory to enter the higher education.
Update date of the records: 28/02/2020