A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially as a juco, JuCo or JC) is a post-secondary educational institution offering vocational training designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations and support roles in professions such as engineering, accountancy, business administration, nursing, medicine, architecture, and criminology, or for additional education at another college with more advanced academic material. Students typically attend junior colleges for one to three years. By country Bangladesh In Bangladesh, after completing the tenth-grade board exam (Secondary School Certificate), students attend two years of junior college, named intermediate college. After passing the SSC exam, students can apply for their desired colleges, where they study in three groups, namely Science, Humanities and Commerce, for two years. After that, students sit for Higher Secondary Certificate at the end of their second year in intermediate College. Canada Quebec India In India, most states provide schooling till Class 12th. Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh however, have a system of junior colleges where, after taking the Class 10th board exams (SSLC, SSC), students have to apply to junior colleges to complete their Class 11th and Class 12th and the 11th and 12th is popularly known as PUC, Intermediate Course and HSC in jr.colleges respectively. Junior colleges are also referred to as Pre-University Colleges and Intermediate Colleges. Junior colleges are frequently co-located with degree colleges. Japan In Japan after World War II, junior colleges (短期大学) typically provide two-year courses of study but may also provide a three-year course of study. Students who complete the course of study at a junior college are entitled to an associate degree or diploma. In Japan before World War II, there were three years of national junior colleges (旧制高校). in Tokyo in Sendai in Kyoto in Kanazawa in Kumamoto in Okayama in Kagoshima in Nagoya Netherlands In the Netherlands, junior college is equivalent to MBO (middle-level applied education). The MBO lasts one to four years, depending on the level. There are 4 levels offered to students: MBO level 1: Assistant training. It lasts 1 year maximum. It is focused on simple executive tasks. If the student graduates, he/she can apply to MBO level 2. MBO level 2: Basic vocational education. The programme lasts 2 to 3 years and is focused on executive tasks. MBO level 3: The programme lasts 3 to 4 years. Students are taught to achieve their tasks