“testing your way to your future!”

“Testing your way to your future!”

According to its website (www.ceneval.edu.mx), Centro Nacional

de Evaluación

para

la Educación

Superior, A.C.

(CENEVAL) / National Evaluation Center for Higher Education is a non-profit / charitable, civil association which offers evaluation services to hundreds of schools, universities, businesses, educational authorities, professional organizations,

private entities, and government entities in Mexico. With statutes to June 1999, CENEVAL is recognized by Secretaría

de

Educación

Pública

/ Secretariat of Public Education through

Agreements number 286, number 328 and number 357.

Lower Secondary, Higher Secondary, Several Undergraduate Degrees and few Graduate degrees.

Note: Professional Development certificates are also available though CENEVAL exams, but were not included in this presentation.

Knowledge may have been acquired by formal academic coursework (specific credit requirements per degree must be met), self-instruction, occupational / professional experience, and professional development certification, among others. A passing score on a CENEVAL examination and the degree awarded by SEP indicates that the bearer has mastered the concepts associated with the coursework established for a particular degree track.

There are 3 overall assessments: sobresaliente

/ outstanding, suficiente

/ sufficient, and no suficiente

/

insufficient. Results are provided for all areas of exam (theory and practice), and are reported utilizing “Indice

CENEVAL”

/ CENEVAL index (expressed in

numbers, 700 to 1300 with minimum score required-per area-

of 1000).

REQUIREMENTS

16 years of ageMexican national

REQUIREMENTS

21 years of ageOfficial Secondary (Lower Secondary)

Certificate

On October 2000, Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) issued Secretarial Agreement 286, establishing guidelines for the accreditation of knowledge for all educational levels or academic years. Knowledge may have been acquired by formal academic coursework, self-instruction, occupational / professional experience, transfer credit from international institutions, degree equivalencies and professional development certification, among others.

REQUIREMENTS

30 years of age

High school certificate (Bachillerato) or certificate of Lower Secondary (Secundaria)

5 years of occupational / professional experience

Letter of recommendation from employer stating candidate’s honorability and an acceptable performance

Must comply with required percentage of credits for the licentiate degree selected

Evaluation on knowledge and abilities required for a Licenciado

en Educación

Primaria

/

Licentiate in Primary Education / (Elementary Education) based on self-instruction or professional experience.

REQUIREMENTS

Completion of Bachillerato

(academic high school), technician (vocational lower or upper secondary) or normalista

(teacher training).

Evaluation of knowledge and abilities required for a Licenciado

en Educación

Preescolar

/ Licentiate in

Preschool Education / Early Childhood Education based on self-instruction or professional experience.

REQUIREMENTSCompletion of Bachillerato

(academic high school)

Evaluation on specific abilities required for a Licenciado

en Diseño

y Publicidad

en Moda

/

Licentiate in Fashion Design and Advertising.

REQUIREMENTSCertification issued by Instituto

Jannette

Klein in labor

standards of competence for fashion design and production.

Research and presentation by Research and presentation by PilarPilar MenendezMenendez

Credentials AnalystCredentials Analystpmenendez@spantran.compmenendez@spantran.com

Technical support by Emily MunizTechnical support by Emily MunizCredentials AnalystCredentials Analystemuniz@spantran.comemuniz@spantran.com

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Pilar

Menéndez

was born in Mexico City. She earned a título

de Licenciada

en Ciencias

de la Comunicación

from the Universidad Anáhuac

in Mexico City. She authored the NAFSA Online Guide to Educational Systems Around the World

for Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

Emily Muñiz

was born in Houston. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Studies with a minor in International Business from the University of Houston Central Campus. She spent the summer semester of 2004 in a Study Abroad Program at the Santa Reparata

International School of Arts in Florence, Italy. She authored the NAFSA Online Guide to Educational Systems Around the World

for Italy, Vatican City, Cape Verde, and East Timor.