Hi All,
I need your kind guidance about possibly changing my spouse's education information post-ITA. My spouse has two post-secondary qualifications
1) A two years "Bachelor of Arts" degree (in my country, a bachelor degree can be of two years)
2) A one year program titled "Bachelor of Education" (B.Ed)
WES evaluated the first qualification as "Two years Diploma". To my surprise, they evaluated the second qualification as "Three years Diploma". The summary was "Two years diploma and Three years diploma".
In the EE profile, when asked about "level of education" for the first degree, I selected "Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute". I assumed that the system was referring to education level in the home country. When asked in the following rows about how WES evaluated the qualification, I mentioned correctly as "Two years Diploma".
Similarly, I selected "one year program" as level of education for second qualification and when asked about how WES evaluated it, I mentioned "Three years Diploma" (although it did not make sense to me how they evaluated a one year program as a three year diploma).
The EE system awarded me 8 points for spouse education. I was anticipating either 9 points (if the system went by WES evaluation summary) or 7 points (if the system recognized only the first qualification and discarded the second). But I guess that the system combined the two qualifications to make it a "three years program".
My first question is, was I correct in assuming that the level of education was what it means in the country where the study was undertaken, since the Canadian equivalence of the qualification was asked separately? If not, should I change the level of education to "two years program" and not "Bachelor Degree". It is pertinent to note that my cut-off score is quite higher than the cut-off score and I would still be above the cut-off even if I remove my spouse's credentials altogether.
My second question is, how you think EE system calculated those 8 points? Finally, why you think WES evaluated a one year program as a three years diploma?
P.S. Apologies for this long post. I could not figure out a way to communicate it succinctly. Thanks in advance!
I need your kind guidance about possibly changing my spouse's education information post-ITA. My spouse has two post-secondary qualifications
1) A two years "Bachelor of Arts" degree (in my country, a bachelor degree can be of two years)
2) A one year program titled "Bachelor of Education" (B.Ed)
WES evaluated the first qualification as "Two years Diploma". To my surprise, they evaluated the second qualification as "Three years Diploma". The summary was "Two years diploma and Three years diploma".
In the EE profile, when asked about "level of education" for the first degree, I selected "Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute". I assumed that the system was referring to education level in the home country. When asked in the following rows about how WES evaluated the qualification, I mentioned correctly as "Two years Diploma".
Similarly, I selected "one year program" as level of education for second qualification and when asked about how WES evaluated it, I mentioned "Three years Diploma" (although it did not make sense to me how they evaluated a one year program as a three year diploma).
The EE system awarded me 8 points for spouse education. I was anticipating either 9 points (if the system went by WES evaluation summary) or 7 points (if the system recognized only the first qualification and discarded the second). But I guess that the system combined the two qualifications to make it a "three years program".
My first question is, was I correct in assuming that the level of education was what it means in the country where the study was undertaken, since the Canadian equivalence of the qualification was asked separately? If not, should I change the level of education to "two years program" and not "Bachelor Degree". It is pertinent to note that my cut-off score is quite higher than the cut-off score and I would still be above the cut-off even if I remove my spouse's credentials altogether.
My second question is, how you think EE system calculated those 8 points? Finally, why you think WES evaluated a one year program as a three years diploma?
P.S. Apologies for this long post. I could not figure out a way to communicate it succinctly. Thanks in advance!
