Grading System
Oct 09, 2009
The grading system in Higher Education varies from 0 to 10.
The grading system in Higher Education varies from 0 to 10. In some Institutions, the grades may appear in forms of letters:
· SS – Superior – Corresponds to grades from 9 to 10.
· MS – Médio Superior (Medium Superior) – Corresponds to grades from 7 to 8.9.
· MM – Médio (Medium) – Corresponds to grades from 5 to 6.9.
· MI – Médio Inferior (Medium Inferior) – Corresponds to grades from 3 to 4.9.
· II – Inferior – Corresponds to grades from 0 to 2.9.
Students are approved in case their grades vary from MM to SS. In case they obtain a MI or II, they fail in the discipline.
When the grades are granted in numbers, the average necessary for the student to pass varies from Institution to Institution. Normally, they are, 5, 6 or 7.
It is not as unusual as in The Netherlands to see a nine or a ten grade in Brazil. However, the grades depend on the strictness of the Institution or of the Professor.