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A college convocation banner in India Interior of Convocation House, Oxford, the meeting place of the university's convocation. At universities, "convocation" can refer (particularly in North America) to a university's graduation ceremony [10] [11] or, more generally, to any formal assembly of the university (similar to congregation in some British universities).
A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educational institution. [1] [2] It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it, which can also be called commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. Graduates can be referred to by their year of graduation.
In the United States, the qualification is known as a high school diploma.The same name is used for the equivalent qualification awarded in Canada.. In England and Wales, the school-leaving qualifications awarded are either General Certificate of Education (GCE) A Level or Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) qualifications, depending on the student's choice; students pursue these ...
George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the University of New Hampshire's 2007 commencement. A graduation or commencement speech, in the U.S., is a public speech given by a student or by alumnus of a university to a graduating class and their guests. Common themes of the graduation speech include wishing the graduates well in the "real world ...
In Australia, the term matriculation is seldom used now. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, all states replaced the matriculation examination with either a certificate, such as the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Victoria and New South Wales, or a university entrance exam such as the Tertiary Entrance Exam in Western Australia.
A high school diploma (sometimes referred to as a high school degree) is a diploma awarded upon graduation of high school. A high school diploma is awarded after completion of courses of studies lasting four years, from grade 9 to grade 12. It is the school leaving qualification in the United States and Canada.
Today in the U.S. academic dress is rarely worn outside commencement ceremonies or other academic rituals such as encaenia and baccalaureate services, and sometimes matriculation and convocation. However, graduation ceremonies have gained in popularity and have expanded to high school graduations, middle school, elementary school and even ...
The valedictory address, or valediction, is the closing or farewell statement delivered at a graduation ceremony. It is an oration at commencement (in Canada, called convocation in university and graduation in high school) exercises in U.S. and some Canadian high schools, colleges, and universities delivered by one of the graduates.