Many homeschooled children are taking the IGCSE exams at the tenth grade level [IGCSE/O Level] in India. Some of them would like to join Junior colleges in their respective states. What should they do to get admission into any Junior College in their state? What about the state of Maharashtra, and the Mumbai University?
These are the things that we are currently aware of in this respect:
IGCSE/O Level: Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education states that students who have passed IGCSE/O Levels (minimum 5 subjects with English) are considered eligible for admission to the first year of Jr. College (Std. XI) affiliated to this Board.
http://recognition.cie.org.uk/OrganisationDetails.aspx?QI=2&RI=863 [This is from the Cambridge website. You can search for any Country and Exam here]
Tanya Valecha, the Principal of Rustomjee Cambridge IGCSE School in North Mumbai, Maharashtra, said “There is an equivalency booklet released by the Maharashtra state education department and available at their Navi Mumbai and Pune office. Not sure if it is available online. This book states all the boards from across the world which are equivalent to the SSC [Tenth grade State Board Secondary School Certificate] and in what context e.g.: 5 subjects at O levels with English is equivalent to SSC and the student is eligible for admission to a junior college in Maharashtra.”
She also mentioned “For admissions to junior college, the following steps are taken by our students who write the IGCSE exam.
1. They need to apply online or offline in minority /in house quota at schools as per dates prescribed by the board.
2. They are issued the following documents from CIE – statement of marks, IGCSE certificate and migration certificate
3. They are issued the following documents by the school –
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School leaving certificate,
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Bonafide certificate and
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Transcript of marks as per format of department.
4. If they apply for a diploma, they need to acquire an equivalency certificate from Navi Mumbai in their name.
5. If they do HSC, once the admission process is completed at a junior college, the student needs to fill up an eligibility form (available at college for a nominal fee) .and submit to his college
6. The college then proceeds and completes the process. The college may also write to school/board for verification.”
I found this form from Mumbai University for application for Provisional Statement of Eligibility for students from another Board or even another country seeking admission to Mumbai University:
http://www.mu.ac.in/eligibilityform.pdf
For those students wanting to take up professional courses, these are the requirements mentioned by some Universities like Manipal: Candidates intending to join Medical or Engineering degree programs are required to have obtained A Level passes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Mathematics besides five passes at GCE O Level/GCSE/IGCSE.
Figure 1 Homeschooling or teaching children at home is a growing trend in India
So as of now, homeschooled children in India taking the IGCSE exams at the tenth grade level should be able to get admission into Junior Colleges in Maharashtra [and other states also] by following the above steps.
Have a wonderful homeschooling learning journey. J If you need any clarifications please write to me.
PS:
I also found one Equivalency Booklet issued by a University in India online, http://gndu.ac.in/gndu2014/Downloads_pdf/eq_book.pdf
This form lists the Cambridge Exam as equivalent to the tenth grade exams.
There is also a Migration Certificate and an Equivalence certificate available online for those seeking admission for higher education: http://www.msbte.com/msbte_html/admins/files/stud_cen_act/Certificate_MIG_EQU_TRANS.pdf
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