No Graduation in the UK?

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <wgsilvester at ...> wrote:
>
> > Geoff:
> > <snip> ...
> >
> > In 1951 the General Certificate of Education (GCE) was
> > introduced which gave pupils individual passes. It ran at
> > two levels:  Ordinary (O) Level, for pupils in the Fifth
> > Year and Advanced (A) Level for pupils at the end of their
> > Upper Sixth Year.
> >
> > 
> > The school leaving age was raised to 16 in 1974. During the
> > 1980s, the GCE and CSE were combined to create the General
> > Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), in which exam
> > Grades A, B and C were considered passes. A Level continued,
> > being generally known by this name. This is the basic
> > situation today. <snip>
> 
> 
> Does that mean that OWLS are the equivalent of O levels and
> NEWTS the same as GCSE?
> 
> Bill
>


I'm sure Geoff will correct me if I'm wrong, but OWLs, O-levels,
and GCSE are the equivalent. O-Level is the old name for what
is now called GCSE. The 'O' in O-Level is for 'ordinary' level,
hence OWL = Ordinary Wizarding Level. The 'A' in A-level is
for 'Advanced' as in advanced levels of study. 

A-level or 6th Form is the equivalent of NEWTs. 

Did I get it right?

Steve/bboyminn