In Pakistan, Matriculation (usually shortened to "matric") is the final examinations of 9th and 10th grades, taken up by students aged 15 to 17 years.
It results in the issuance of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or Technical School Certificate (TSC). After the SSC (or TSC) students may proceed for 11th year of education at College. After successful completion of the 11th and the 12th years in college they get the Intermediate certification (HSSC – Higher Secondary School Certificate), and become eligible to enter universities in Pakistan or abroad. Pakistan has continued to use terms such as Matriculation Exams and Intermediate Exams taken from the days of the British Raj although these terms were replaced in England itself with O’ or Ordinary Level Examinations (now called GCSE) and A’ or Advanced Level Examination.