<p>MYSO,</p>
<p>As long as the student has completed the equivalent of high school in their country regardless of what the compulsory grade is, they are considered to have completed high school. We have a whole network in the NYC DOE that does nothing put translate and provide support to schools concerning foreign transcripts.<br>
In addition we contact the sending school, embassy, Ministry of Education or other authorized
agencies when necessary along with consulting with available resources provided by Central and
Regional Office of Student Placement, Youth, & Family Support Services</p>
<p>the example you used for Bangladesh:</p>
<p>what we know:</p>
<p>Compulsory Education: Ages 6 to 11
Grades 1 through 5
Adult Literacy Rate: 35%
School Year
The academic year runs from January through December for schools up to 10th grade,
and July to June for higher grades. School is generally in session for 220 days, with 5.5
days per week. </p>
<p>Compulsory Exam
Higher Secondary
Grades 11-12 Ages 16-18</p>
<p>Tracking
There is no tracking system up to 10th grade. In some high schools there are
arrangements for arts, science, business, agriculture, and industrial arts divisions for 9th
and 10th grades. Passing the secondary certificate examination is a prerequisite for
advancing to higher secondary school. </p>
<p>If they are over the compulsory age for high school in their country and completed their country’s requirement for a diploma, they will not be enrolled in NYC public high school because they have already achieved a diploma (we are to looking to give students the US equivalent of a diploma if they have completed their country’s requirement for a diploma. They always have the option of having their diploma translated for college purposes… As I stated in my previous post, they are free to attend programs through the city’s Office of adult and continuing education. IF they feel they want to take the TASC, they would have to pay to take classes.</p>
<p>(OT) @Sybie: so a kid with a HSC would be considered a high school graduate but not a kid with a GSC even though the GSC kid is seen as a “graduate” in Bangladesh (in part to the low number of kids who ever get to that level of education) - they need to complete the 12th grade and the certificate that goes with it to be considered high school graduates for NYC. IGCSE’s are trickier though (not as clear cut as general vs. higher.) What about education system where graduation is at age 19 due to a 13th grade, if they completed 12th grade are they considered “graduates” or “non graduates”? What if the system uses repeats so that kids are much older (ie, they’re in the 9th grade and 16 or 17?)</p>
<p>IF the kid is seen as a graduate in their home country, we would consider them a graduate and not enroll them in the NYC public school system. This does not stop them from enrolling in a private school provided the private school accepts them and they are willing to pay. </p>
<p>the borough office of enrollment will conditionally enroll the student. The receiving high school will do the initial review. IF we cannot make the determination at the high school or region level, we will send the transcript to Central to be evaluated. The school will do nothing including updating credits from a foreign school a transcript in the NYC public school system with out having an original signed sealed document in hand. Student will not be considered a graduate and no transcript will be processed or sent to colleges. Transcripts cannot be translated by a family member.</p>
<p>they will then make the determination as to whether or not the student can remain enrolled. IF we get a second determination that the student is a graduate, we will discharge as a code 25</p>
<p>Most of it will happen at the network level because a student is part of the graduating cohort depending on when they started 9th grade (any where in the world). </p>
<p>It will be much harder for a student who is considered overaged and undercredited with his cohort to be enrolled that a student who is on track with the cohort (as schools will be reluctant to take a ding for a student who will pull down their graduation rate)</p>
<p>What the document you sent states is that to be considered a HS graduate, a Bangladeshi student would need to have attended 11th and 12th grade and have a Higher Secondary. So NYC does not consider a General Secondary to be equivalent to high school graduation regardless of what Bangladeshi think. However if the student is not seen as a graduate by the NYC system, regardless of grade, they’re allowed to enroll in HS, did I understand this right? But this is getting really off topic. 
OP is 20 so no matter what OP needs to figure out something other than thinking he’ll get in-state tuition his second year.</p>
<p>Yes, we are going off topic so we are going back to our regularly scheduled programming. When you bring the bangladeshi student to enroll in the NYC public school, they will answer all of your questions</p>