NIGERIA

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NIGERIA

BACKGROUND

Academic Calendar September-June

What is year nine called? Junior Secondary School Three (JSS3)

Where is year nine typically located? Final year of junior secondary school

Native Language(s) English, French, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba

GRADUATION TIMELINE

6 + 3 + 3 = 12

12 years total: six years primary, three years

junior secondary school and three years of

senior secondary school

Acceptable Forms of Proof of High School Graduation

1. General Certicate of Education (GCE)

Expected Timeline of Completion

12 years (four years or eight semesters from the initial

start of year)

Issuing Body Various examination boards

2. West African Senior School Certicate for School Candidates (WASSCE)

Expected Timeline of Completion

12 years (four years or eight semesters from the initial

start of year)

Issuing Body WAEC (West African Examinations Council)

3. Senior School Certicate

Expected Timeline of Completion

12 years (four years or eight semesters from the initial

start of year)

Issuing Body National Examintations Council (NECO)

NOT Acceptable Forms of Proof of High School Graduation

1. Junior Secondary Certicate of Education (JSCE)

Expected Timeline of Completion

Nine years (one year or two semesters from the initial

start of year nine)

2. Polytechnic (Secondary Level)

3. Teacher’s Certicate Grade III

Expected Timeline of Completion

12 years (four years or eight semesters from the initial

start of year)

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Crediting Policies

If course credits are indicated on the transcript, the following units provided on the document

will be awarded credit as follows:

UNITS OF CREDIT

U.S. EQUIVALENT CRED-

IT PER YEAR

UNITS OF CREDIT

U.S. EQUIVALENT CRED-

IT PER YEAR

4+ 1.00 2 0.50

3 0.75 1 0.25

Grading Scales

SSCE AND WAEC

NUMERIC

GRADE

U.S. GRADE

EQUIVALENT

QUALITY

POINTS

NUMERIC

GRADE

U.S. GRADE

EQUIVALENT

QUALITY

POINTS

1 A 4 6 C 2

2 A 4 7 D 1

3 B 3 8 D 1

4 B 3 9 F 0

5 C 2

SSCE AND WAEC

NUMERIC

GRADE

U.S. GRADE

EQUIVALENT

QUALITY

POINTS

NUMERIC

GRADE

U.S. GRADE

EQUIVALENT

QUALITY

POINTS

A1 A 4 C6 C 2

B2 A 4 D7 D 1

B3 B 3 E8 D 1

C4 B 3 F9 F 0

C5 C 2

SSCE AND WAEC

GRADE

U.S. GRADE

EQUIVALENT

QUALITY

POINTS

GRADE

U.S. GRADE

EQUIVALENT

QUALITY

POINTS

Excellent A 4 Credit C 2

Very Good A 4 Pass D 1

Good B 3 Pass D 1

Credit B 3 Fail F 0

Credit C 2

GCE

GRADE U.S. GRADE EQUIVALENT QUALITY POINTS

A A 4

B B 3

C B 3

D C 2

E C 2 (lowest passing grade)

Updated July 2023

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Important Information

» The following are less commonly known course titles approved for use in an

academic certication:

ENGLISH/NATIVE

LANGUAGE

MATH

SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCE

ADDITIONAL

COURSES

Civic

Education

» The following course titles have been reviewed and are not approved for use in an

academic certication:

º Commerce.

º Agriculture Science.

º Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK).

» The academic school years in Nigeria appear on the transcript as follows:

º JSS = Junior Secondary School

º SSS = Senior Secondary School

» Native terms for years seven through 12:

NATIVE LANGUAGE SCHOOL YEAR NATIVE LANGUAGE SCHOOL YEAR

JSS 1 07 SSS 1 10

JSS 2 08 SSS 2 11

JSS 3 09 SSS 3 12

Reference Documents

» Course Title Usage guide.

» Determination of Credit resource.

» International initial-eligibility yer.

» Information on tasks assigned to

student-athlete accounts.

» NCAA Guide of International

Academic Standards for Athletics

Eligibility PDF.

» Country-specic webpages.

» Multi-country references.