GCE Ordinary Level

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GCE Ordinary Level was a subject-based secondary school leaving qualification in the UK and some Commonwealth countries, typically taken by students around age 16 before being largely replaced by GCSEs.

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instanceOf public examination ⓘ
secondary school leaving qualification ⓘ
abbreviation O Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
assessmentType written examinations ⓘ
awardingBody Associated Examining Board ⓘ
Cambridge Assessment International Education ⓘ
Northern Examinations and Assessment Board ⓘ
Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board ⓘ
University of London ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
educationLevel upper secondary education ⓘ
finalCohortExaminedYear 1987 ⓘ
fullName General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
gradingSystem letter grades ⓘ
introducedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
introducedYear 1951 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
largelyReplacedBy General Certificate of Secondary Education ⓘ
parallelQualification GCE Advanced Level ⓘ
partOfSystem General Certificate of Education ⓘ
phasedOutInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor School Certificate ⓘ
replacedInEnglandBy GCSE ⓘ
replacedInNorthernIrelandBy GCSE ⓘ
replacedInWalesBy GCSE ⓘ
subjectStructure subject-based examination ⓘ
successor GCSE ⓘ
IGCSE ⓘ
targetStudents secondary school students ⓘ
typicalAgeAtExamination 16 ⓘ
typicalGrades A ⓘ
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E ⓘ
U ⓘ
typicalSchoolYear final year of compulsory schooling ⓘ
usedFor employment qualifications ⓘ
school leaving certification ⓘ
university entrance requirements ⓘ
usedInCountry Bangladesh ⓘ
Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

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Singapore ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
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Certificate of Secondary Education → coexistedWith → GCE Ordinary Level ⓘ
Yusof Ishak Secondary School → hasTypicalQualificationOutcome → Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
General Certificate of Education examinations in the Caribbean → component → GCE Ordinary Level examinations in the Caribbean ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
Riverside Secondary School → preparesForQualification → Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
Aitchison College → offersCurriculum → Cambridge O Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia → offersExamination → GCE Ordinary Level ⓘ
subject linked to: STC
Cambridge Assessment International Education → offersQualification → Cambridge O Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
CSE → comparedTo → O-level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
GCE Ordinary Level → fullName → General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
GCE Ordinary Level → abbreviation → O Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
Tanjong Katong Girls' School → offersProgramme → Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level
Singapore Sports School → offersProgramme → Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Ordinary Level