CAP, Certificate of Academic Proficiencies

A NEW DIPLOMA

Under the present system, a person receives a diploma that supposedly certifies their academic level when they graduate from high school or receives a college degree. This system is ill suited to the needs of the modern age.

First, the diploma is a rather crude, one-size-fits-all document. It does not indicate the graduate's proficiency level in each subject.

Second, it soon becomes out of date. Most of us receive our last diploma at around age 18 or 22, at the beginning of adulthood, yet we continue to learn and acquire skills the rest of our lives. There is no mechanism to go back and show this new knowledge on our old diplomas.

Third, there is no standardization. Diplomas have different values depending on which institutions issue them.

Forth, the old system is institution oriented. It is designed to serve the needs of the educational establishments over the needs of the students. It is not user friendly.

The Certificate of Academic Proficiencies, or CAP, corrects the above deficiencies and paves the way for the fundamental reforms needed to meet the educational demands of the new millennium.

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