<P> Alternative qualifications in Pakistan are also available but not maintained by the BISE but by other examination boards . Most common alternative is the General Certificate of Education (GCE), where SSC and HSC are replaced by Ordinary Level (O Level) and Advanced Level (A Level) respectively . Other qualifications include IGCSE which replaces SSC . GCE O Level, IGCSE and GCE AS / A Levels are managed by British examination boards of CIE of the Cambridge Assessment and Edexcel of the Pearson PLC . Advanced Placement (AP) is an alternative option but much less common than GCE or IGCSE . This replaces the secondary school education as "high school education" instead . AP exams are monitored by a North American examination board, the College Board, and can only be given under supervision of centers which are registered with the College Board, unlike GCE O / AS / A Level and IGCSE which can also be given privately . </P> <P> In 2012, the DepEd started to implement the K--12 education system . </P> <P> The high school from the former system will now be called junior high school, grade 7 (age 12--13) - grade 10 (age 15--16), while senior high school will be for grade 11 (age 16--17) - grade 12 (age 17--18) in the new educational system . The senior high school will serve as a specialized upper secondary education where students may choose a course based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity . The choice of career track will define the content of the subjects a student takes in Grades 11 and 12 . Senior high school subjects fall under either the core curriculum or specific tracks . </P> <Ul> <Li> Core curriculum learning areas include languages, literature, communication, mathematics, philosophy, natural sciences, and social sciences </Li> <Li> Whereas there are three choices that are available to be chosen by the students--or the so - called "specific tracks ." These are: </Li> </Ul>

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