For one, you need language skills in both French and English, and applicants should have a nursing degree, social worker diploma, health care assistant certificate, "or equivalent experience or competence".
Among those aged 25 64, 20% did not have a high school certificate or equivalent, much higher than the 12% provincewide rate.
It follows the school-leaver model of medical education (i.e. students enroll in a 5-year medical program after completing a one-year pre-medical matriculation program (post-high school), A-level certificate, or their equivalent.
Education was measured by the highest educational qualification attained and divided into three groups: low (no educational qualifications), intermediate (Certificate of Secondary Education or equivalent) and high (A Levels or equivalent through to higher degrees).
Where I worked you couldn't even be guaranteed a place on a course without a TOEFL (or equivalent) certificate showing the required minimum level.
We then excluded from this group participants who did not meet the additional criteria of having a highest level of educational attainment lower than a General Certificate of Secondary Education or equivalent.
In most couples in this study, one partner was British-born and educated at least to General Certificate of Education level (GCSE) or equivalent, while their spouse was raised in Pakistan and came to Britain for or following marriage.
The entry requirement for pre-primary teachers will be raised from Qualified Kindergarten Teacher to the Certificate in Early Childhood Education level or equivalent as from the 2007 2008 school year.
Educational level attained at age 26 years was categorized into five groups: (1) degree or higher; (2) A levels, usually attained at age 18 years, or their equivalents; (3) O levels, usually attained at age 16 years, or their equivalents; (4) certificate of secondary education, clerical course, or equivalent; and (5) none.
Educational level at age 26 was categorised into five groups: (i) degree or higher; (ii) A levels, usually attained at age 18 years, or their equivalents; (iii) O levels, usually attained at age 16, or their equivalents; (iv) certificate of secondary education, clerical course, or equivalent and (v) none.
As a marker of SES, respondents reported their highest level of education (left school at or before the age of 15 years; Certificate of Secondary Education, O-levels or equivalent, A-levels or equivalent, university degree).
