TAICEP Professional Development Webinar: Educational Documentation: What can I expect? Cameroon, Nigeria and Rwanda Cecilia George, Credential Evaluator Swedish Council for Higher Education, ENIC-NARIC Sweden
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Nigeria The world s 8th most populated country English official language British influence on the education system Growing economy, middle income country >> students go abroad for studies Federal state, 36 states + Abuja territory
Nigeria Educational chart (source: Australian Government, Department of Education and Training, https://internationaleducation.gov.au/cep)
West African Examinations Council - WAEC WAEC Scratch Card >> Use it at www.waecdirect.org to verify credentials!
National Examinations Council (NECO) The NECO Senior School Certificate issued 2000-2006 can be verified using a scratch card with a pincode at www.neconigeria.org NB: Only the SSC, WASSC and NECO are official documents!
Background text across the document Nigeria HE 79 public universities (40 federal, 39 state); no national format Nigerian Mint watermark Fibres visible in UV-light
Nigeria HE
Nigeria Notification/Statement of results - Issued directly after finalized studies - Always signed For: Registrar - Should give information about the degree awarded, main subject studied, classification of results.
Nigeria official transcripts
Cameroon: Two systems in one An Anglophone (North-West and South-West regions) and a Francophone (other regions) system of education
Cameroon Educational chart (source: Australian Government, Department of Education and Training, https://internationaleducation.gov.au/cep) Higher Education Primary, Secondary & Senior Secondary School
Cameroon, Samples of stamps Univ. Yaoundé 1, 2008. Dean of faculty (FALSH) University of Buea, Registrar 2014 The Cameroon Coat of Arms Prof. of the dept. of African Literature Univ. de Dschang, Head of Faculty of Law 2011
Cameroon Francophone senior secondary school documents 2001-2013 Office du Baccalauréat du Cameroun (OBC)
Baccalauréat, Relevé de notes Accept only official documents issued by the Office du Baccalauréat du Cameroun Be suspicious if you see to high grades Scale 0 20, 10 = admis ; Anything above 15 is very good.
Baccalauréat, new format since 2014
Cameroon Anglophone senior secondary school documents 1. O-levels Old format until 2006 2. A-levels New format after 2007
1. Degree certificate, University of Buea 2. Transcript of records - Relevé de notes, University Yaoundé I
Cameroon Higher Education credentials: Attestation de réussite/attestation of Results Few degree certificates are issued by state universities, except from Buea and Ngaounderé and the Ecoles Supéreieures
Cameroon Relevé de notes
Cameroon Student academic record, Buea Request official transcripts from University of Buea Signed by the Univ. Registrar: Dr Herbert Nganjo Endeley, Oct. 1993 Oct. 2005 Prof. Victor Julius Ngoh, Oct. 2005 Dec. 2007 Chief Prof. Samson N. Abangma, Dec. 2007 Jan. 2014 Prof. Roland Ndip, Feb. 2014 -
Rwanda RWANDA 1962 Independence from Belgium 1994 The Rwandian Genocide 1995 Reforms and new language policy 2005-07 Bologna reforms, new HE Act 2009 Member of the British Commonwealth 2010 English official language and language of instruction in education
Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education Issued by Rwanda National Examinations Council until 2010 UV-light seal Official Certificate, printed on security paper watermarks
Secondary school documentation: Confirmation of results, unofficial docs. After 2010: Documents issued in English only. After 2011: All secondary school documents are issued by the new authority - Rwanda Education Board Signed by the same Director General: Dr. John Rutayisire
National University of Rwanda Template for degrees 1994 2009 Seals: Ministry of Education and Université Nationale du Rwanda Bilingual French-English Degrees often issued very much later than the studies were finalized
microtext National University of Rwanda: Diploma Template 2009-2013 Secure document Bologna process ajusted degrees Dry seal
National University of Rwanda, Academic transcript One document per year of study Credit system Issued in English only Promotion to next year of studies should be indicated Signature + verification on the backside of each document
University of Rwanda Established 2013, as a merger of other HEIs: College of Arts and Humanities (National University of Rwanda, NUR) College of Business and Economics (School of Finance and Banking, SFB) College of Science and Technology (Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, KIST) College of Education (Kigali Institute of Education, KIE) College of Medicine and Health Sciences (Kigali Heath Institute, KHI) College of Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (Higher Institute of Agriculture and Livestock, ISAE)
Thank you for your attention! Questions? Cecilia George Credential Evaluator ENIC-NARIC Sweden E-mail: cecilia.george@uhr.se