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Grade Description [1] Equivalents 13-scale ECTS U.S. UK 12 excellent: high level of command of all aspects – no or only a few minor weaknesses [n 1] 11/13 A A+, A 1st 10 very good: high level of command of most aspects – only minor weaknesses [n 2] 10 B A− 2:1 7 good: good command – some weaknesses [n 3] 8/9 C B+, B 2:2 4 fair
At the same time, the three-year course of the Gymnasium was directly connected with the municipal school through the establishment of the mellemskole ("middle school", grades 6–9), later to be replaced by the realskole. According to the latest reform, the Gymnasium still offers three years of general upper secondary education in two lines.
Additionally, most schools calculate a student's grade point average (GPA) by assigning each letter grade a number and averaging those numerical values. Generally, American schools equate an A with a numerical value of 4.0. Most graduate schools require a 3.0 (B) average to take a degree, with C or C− being the lowest grade for course credit.
However most private schools (which usually call the elementary level as "grade school"), especially exclusive schools and those accredited to have a high degree of autonomy from the Department of Education usually extend their programmes to 7th grade and can also include levels such as nursery, kindergarten or preparatory (prep) as entry ...
Denmark has a tradition of private schools and about 15.6% of all children at basic school level attend private schools, which are supported by a voucher system. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Education Index , published with the UN 's Human Development Index in 2008, based on data from 2013, lists Denmark as 0.873, amongst the highest in the world, beneath ...
A course of instruction lasts three years and comprises obligatory subjects common to all students, subjects that are part of the student's study programme, and elective subjects. Many subjects can be studied at different levels, called A, B and C; A is the highest level which usually means the student has to study this subject for all three ...
The Higher Preparatory Examination (in Danish: Højere Forberedelseseksamen or HF) is a 2-year general upper secondary programme building on to the 10th form of the Folkeskole [1] and leading to the higher preparatory examination (the HF-examination), which qualifies for admission to higher education, [2] subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the individual higher education ...
The ECTS grade is not meant to replace the local grades but to be used optionally and additionally to effectively "translate" and "transcript" a grade from one institution to another. The ECTS grade is indicated alongside the mark awarded by the host institution on the student's transcript of records. The receiving institutions then convert the ...