The education system in Pakistan is generally divided into six levels:
Preschool (for the age from 3 to 5 years);
Primary (grades one through five);
Middle (grades six through eight);
High (grades nine and ten, leading to the Secondary School Certificate or SSC) also called matriculation;
Intermediate (grades eleven and twelve, leading to a Higher Secondary (School) Certificate or HSC); and
University Programmes leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Government of Pakistan also recognises O and A levels offered by University of Cambridge
Among the Private schools, the numbers of schools offering O and A levels are growing, recognized by the Government of Pakistan. O Levels is a secondary school degree offered by the University of Cambridge and is equivalent to Matriculation offered in Pakistan. Consequently, A-Levels is a higher secondary school degree equal to the intermediate offered here, in Pakistan.
