Interviewer instructions
Question 13
You are to ask in this question the highest qualification a person has. Only the highest certificate which a person has received is to be marked.
There may be cases where the names of the certificates of respondents are not the same as given in the question. This may be because the examination was taken some time in the past or is an Overseas examination. As in Question 12 you are required to find out what the certificate is equivalent to in terms of the present-day Malaysian certificates. For example, a professional qualification may be equivalent to a degree. You are to ask the person what he considers to be the equivalent for his certificate.
The abbreviations shown stand for the following:
S.R.P./L.C.E. = Sijil Rendah Pelajaran/Lower Certificate of Education.
S.P.M./S.P./M C.E./S.C. = Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia/Malaysian Certificate of Education/School Certificate.
S.P.V.M./M.C.V.E. = Sijil Pelajaran Vokesyenal Malaysia/Malaysian Certificate of Vocational Education.
S.T.P./H.S. C. = Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan/Higher School Certificate.
In the case of Sarawak, the Sarawak Local Junior Certificate is to be equated to S.R.P./L.C.E.
If a person has obtained a diploma after getting a degree (post-graduate diploma) you are to mark 'degree' and not diploma. Only if a person has a diploma without getting a degree is he to be marked under 'Diploma: Persons who obtained certificates higher than Bachelor degrees, e.g. Masters, PhD. etc. are to be marked in the box 'Degree'.
Mark 'None' if the person has not passed any of the examinations. This will include those who are too young to sit for such examinations.
