Part C: Anyone 15 years and older is requested to fill-in both pages
[Questions 14-38 were asked of people 15 years or older.]
[Questions 15-16 were asked of persons age 15+ who presently attend school or attended school in the past, per question 14]
16. What is the highest diploma (or degree) you achieved during your studies?
If you earned both an academic degree and an academic diploma please mark the academic degree only.
[] 1. I did not receive any diploma
[] 2. Elementary or junior high school diploma
[] 3. High school diploma, which is not a matriculation certificate
[] 4. Matriculation certificate
[] 5. Higher education, non academic diploma, such as: teachers' certificate, technician, nurse
[] 6. First academic degree, B.A. or parallel degree
[] 7. Second academic degree, M.A. or parallel degree
[] 8. Third academic degree, Ph.D. or parallel degree
[] 9. Other degrees; please specify ____
5. Question 16
16. What is the highest diploma (or degree) that you have received during your studies?
If you received an academic degree and an academic diploma, mark the academic degree
[] 1 Never received a diploma
[] 2 Elementary or junior high school diploma
[] 3 High school diploma, which is not a matriculation certificate
[] 4 Matriculation certificate
[] 5 Higher education diploma, which is not an academic diploma
Like: teacher's certificate, practical engineer certificate, technician, nurse etc.
[] 6 First academic degree -- BA or parallel degrees
[] 7 Second academic degree -- MA or parallel degrees
[] 8 Third academic degree -- PhD or parallel degrees
[] 9 Other diploma. Specify ____
It is the highest diploma a person received for graduating from an institution considered as school.
It does not include certificates for distinguished achievements, participation in competitions, honorary certificates, driver's license etc.
Mark also the diploma the person is entitled to, since he has finished his studying obligations, even if the diploma is not in his hands yet.
Example: A person who has successfully passed all the matriculations exams, but has not received the certificate yet, will mark answer 4 -- matriculation certificate.
The following table presents a list with different types of diploma, with explanations and comments concerning each type.
[p. 46]
1. Never received a diploma
Comments: To those learned only few years and to those learned in Yeshiva (where a diploma is not given).
2. Elementary or junior high school diploma
3. High school diploma, which is not a matriculation certificate. Include also:
To people who learned toward a matriculation certificate, but passed only part of the exams.
Comments: To those finished studies in high school, who are not eligible to matriculation certificate.
4. Matriculation certificate. Include also:
-- External matriculation certificate
-- A certificate from abroad, parallel to matriculation certificate that opens the possibility to be accepted to academic studies.
5. Higher education diploma, which is not an academic diploma. Include also:
For example: Teaching certificate, nurse certificate, technical engineer certificate, technician certificate. In the former Soviet Union: Graduation certificate from Teknikum or Uchilishe.
6. First academic degree
-- B.A., B.Ed., L.L.B., B.Sc., etc.
-- In the former Soviet Union: A teaching certificate for elementary school is parallel to first academic degree.
Comments: If a person has an academic degree and an academic certificate, he has to mark the academic degree and not the certificate. For example, If a person has a BA in Sociology and a teaching certificate, he has to mark an X next to the first academic degree (answer 6).
7. Second academic degree
-- M.A., L.L.M., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.S.W., etc.
-- In the former Soviet Union: Diplom ob okonchanii Vuza
8. Third academic degree
- PhD and parallel degrees: Dr. Sc.
- In the former Soviet Union: Candidat Nauk or Doctor Nauk
9. Other diploma
Comments: It means a diploma, which cannot be classified to one of the other categories. Write the type in words in addition to the X mark in the box (You can write it in foreign language).