Challenge Exam Information

Earn British Columbia (BC) credits towards high school graduation before you arrive in BC as an international student. The Challenge Exam process provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate they have satisfied the learning outcomes of a course in the BC graduation program and earn credits without taking the course. Challenge Exams can be written in your own country, credit is provided when you register with a BC certified school.

 

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Purchase Challenge Exam Package and Register!

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Login and complete the supplementary application

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Access interactive study material to help you prepare for the Challenge Exam

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You will be notified of the location in your home country where you can write the exam

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Take challenge exam, pass and receive certificate of credit

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How the Challenge Exam process works

 

The following are the general procedures for applying to write a Challenge exam:

  • Check the Challenge Exam schedule to find out when we
    will be in your city.

  • Purchase a Challenge Exam Package, login and complete the supplementary application.

  • Use our online study tools like Success Checker, Streaming Video, and Practice Exams* to help prepare for the Challenge Exam.

  • Take the Challenge Exam on the date
    you signed up for.

  • A BC Teacher will mark your exam, and if you pass, you wiill receive documentation indicating your successful challenge and your mark on the exam.

  • Once you have enrolled in a BC school and have received a Provincial Education Number (PEN), you should notify the designated school district authority that provided the certificate of completion that you received when you successfully completed the Challenge Exam.

  • When the notification is received, the mark you achieved will be added to your graduation transcript.

learn more about challenge exams

 

*Practice Exams available for Mandarin Challenge Exam only

Courses available for challenge

 

We offer challenge exam packages in the following subjects:

  • Math 10
  • Physics 11
  • Mandarin 11
  • Math 11
  • Chemistry 11
  • Mandarin 12

Challenge Exam Schedule

See when we will be administering challenge exams in your home country

 

Country City Month Date Day Time
Brazil Sao Paulo April '12 TBA TBA TBA
China Shanghai April '12 TBA TBA TBA
China Beijing April '12 TBA TBA TBA
China Hong Kong April '12 TBA TBA TBA
China Guangzhou April '12 TBA TBA TBA
Germany Berlin April '12 TBA TBA TBA
Japan Tokyo April '12 TBA TBA TBA
Mexico Mexico City April '12 TBA TBA TBA
South Korea Seoul April '12 TBA TBA TBA
Taiwan Taipei April '12 TBA TBA TBA
Thailand Bangkok April '12 TBA TBA TBA
Vietnam Saigon April '12 TBA TBA TBA

 


This program is approved by a consortium of British Columbia School Districts
and Provincially Authorized Educational Organizations.
1 Upon successful completion of a challenge exam or an approved for credit BC course, the student will be provided with a certificate authenticated by a British Columbia School District that will authorize credit toward BC high school graduation after acquisition of a British Columbia Provincial Education Number (PEN).