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  2. Education in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The DBE officially groups grades into two "bands" called General Education and Training (GET), which includes Grade R (South Africa's equivalent of Kindergarten [13]) plus Grades 1 to 9, and Further Education and Training (FET), which includes Grades 10 to 12 as well as non-higher education vocational training facilities.

  3. Matriculation in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Matriculation in South Africa. In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858. [1]

  4. Square academic cap - Wikipedia

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    The square academic cap, graduate cap, cap, mortarboard[1] (because of its similarity in appearance to the mortarboard used by brickmasons to hold mortar [2]) or Oxford cap[3] is an item of academic dress consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre. In the UK and the US, it is commonly ...

  5. Educational stage - Wikipedia

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    9–10: Fourth grade; 10–11: Fifth grade; 11–12: Sixth grade; 12–13: Seventh grade; The second school is ungdomsskole (youth-school). At this level the students are rated with grades in each subject, in addition to behavior and orderliness: 13–14: Eighth grade; 14–15: Ninth grade; 15–16: Tenth grade

  6. History of the transistor - Wikipedia

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    The introduction of the transistor is often considered one of the most important inventions in history. [1] [2] Transistors are broadly classified into two categories: bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and field-effect transistor (FET). [3] The principle of a field-effect transistor was proposed by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in 1925. [4]

  7. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the United States, academic grading commonly takes on the form of five, six or seven letter grades. Traditionally, the grades are A+, A, A−, B+, B, B−, C+, C, C−, D+, D, D− and F, with A+ being the highest and F being lowest. In some cases, grades can also be numerical. Numeric-to-letter-grade conversions generally vary from ...

  8. List of primary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Primary education in Costa Rica is required by law for most children in the country between the ages of 6 and 13. Because of this, their literacy is 98% which is one of the highest in Latin America. Primary education starts in first grade and goes through sixth grade. Education is generally free to students.

  9. Tenth grade - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, Grade 10 or Senior Year (Filipino: Ikasampung Baitang), is the last year of Junior High School and the fourth year of High School curriculum. Students enrolled in Grade 10 are usually 15–16 years old. Student can also starts as young age education usually on female students than male students at the age of 14-15 years old.