The document discusses the two secondary school streams students can choose in Pakistan - the Matric program and the GCE O-Level program. The Matric program is the official 10th grade leaving exam and relies more on recall ability, while the O-Levels are administered by Cambridge and emphasize skills like problem solving. A student's 7th grade exam performance and choice along with considerations like future plans and learning profile will determine which stream they are placed in. Both provide foundations for university but the O-Levels may be better for international universities while Matric is suitable for local engineering and medical colleges. The document also outlines subject options and equivalencies for each stream.

1. Moving on to the Secondary School

2. The Two Streams
SCHOOL Exams classVII –
Bifurcation of Classes
Matric – ClassVIII M O-level – ClassVIIIC

3. Which stream does my child go
into?
Two factors determine this decision:
Performance in classVII Final Year Exams:
- at least 60%
for GCE O-level
- at least 50%
for Matric
Students & Parents’ choice

4. Which Stream?
 Both streams provide a solid foundation
 Future plans
 What kind of education?
 Learning profile

5. The Matric Programme
 Official school leaving examination
 10 years of schooling
 SSC part I & II – classes IX & X
 8 subjects
 Total marks 1050
 Relies on good recall ability
 Especially suitable for local engineering universities (NUST, UET, GIKI)
 Equally suitable for local medical colleges (KEMC, FJ, RMC etc.)
 Suitable for NSTC

6. The General Certificate of
Education – Ordinary Level
 Offered by CIE
 11 years of schooling
 8 subjects
 Grading on a five point scale (A-E)
 International recognition
 Equally suitable for local medical colleges
 Especially suitable for LUMS,Agha Khan and foreign
universities

7. The General Certificate of
Education – Ordinary Level 2
 Language skills
 Analytical skills
 Problem solving skills
 Skill based learning

8. Subject Options Matric
 English
 Urdu
 Mathematics
 Pakistan Studies
 Islamiat
 Physics
 Chemistry
 Biology/Computer Studies

9. Subject Options GCE O-level
(Science Group)
 English
 Urdu
 Maths
 Pakistan Studies
 Islamiat
 Physics
 Chemistry
 Biology/Computer Studies

10. Subject Options at Lyceum GCE O-
level
 English
 Urdu
 Maths
 Pakistan Studies
 Islamiat
 Biology/ Computer Studies
 Chemistry
 Physics

11. IBCC Equivalence
A* = 90%
A = 85%
B = 75%
C = 65%
D = 55%

12. IBCC Equivalence – A-level: HSSC
 5 O-level subjects (English, highest score, and three
electives) and…
 3A-level subjects

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OPPORTUNITIES
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