Editing Sixth form (section)

==Jamaica==
In the Jamaican education system, ''sixth form'' describes the two school years which are called the ''Lower Sixth'' (6B) and ''Upper Sixth'' (6A), or grades 12 (lower) and 13 (upper), by many schools. Students are usually aged 17 or 18 by October 31.

Sixth form is a must, two years long, advanced post-secondary program, at the end of which students write the CAPE (Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exams). These are the equivalent of the GCE [[Advanced Level (UK)|A Level]] examinations which were the standard up until 2003. Some students still choose to sit A-levels if they wish, but in doing so they must still meet CAPE's basic subject requirements/groupings. CAPE and A-level exams are significantly harder than exams sat at the end of high school, and are often thought to be harder than most exams students will ever sit in university. Students usually select between three and five subjects from the [[GCSE]]s/CAPE they have just taken.