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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Educ Econ. 2012 Jul;20(3):233–259. doi: 10.1080/09645292.2012.672792

Table B.1.

Grade equivalencies for schooling levels

Primary school At most six grades (grades 1–6)
Secondary school At most 3 grades above primary (grades 7,8,9)
Highschool (upper secondary) At most 3 grades above secondary (grades 10,11,12)
Normal school Schooling required to become a teacher. At most 3 grades in addition to high school.
Technical or commercial Maximum grades for this degree is three in addition to the stated prerequisite (primary, secondary or upper secondary)
College or university degree up to a maximum of 5 12 grades of school plus the number of grades of college reported.
Masters or doctorate is assumed to a minimum of 17 grades plus up to 3 additional grades.