upper age limit for starting or finishing Videregående skole, but students cannot enroll earlier than the year they turn 16. New Zealand In New Zealand, Year 12 is the equivalent of eleventh grade, with students aged 16 or 17 during the years. It is the fourth year of secondary school and the twelfth year of compulsory education. During Year 12, most students complete Level 2 of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), the country's main national qualification for secondary school students. Students in Year 12 typically study English (or Te Reo Māori) and a minimum of five elective subjects with mathematics highly recommended. Pakistan Grade eleven is the first of the two years in college (grade twelve being the last and final year before university education) and is equivalently referred to as "first year." Students in this year level are fifteen to sixteen years old. Students get to select from the following subjects: Pre-medical (Biology, Physics, Chemistry) Pre-engineering (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Commerce Humanities Science Home economics Arts And the compulsory subjects are Urdu, Islamic studies (1st year only) and Pakistan studies (2nd year only). The students can select the preferred subject on the basis of SSC result (9th and 10th grade) Philippines In the Philippines, Grade 11 () is the first year of Senior High School and the fifth year of High School curriculum. Topics discussed depend on the four tracks and their strands. Academic Track ABM (Accountancy, Business & Management) STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) HUMSS (Humanities & Social Sciences) GAS (General Academic Strand) Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime Technical-Vocational Track Agri-Fishery Arts Home Economics Industrial Arts Information Communications Technology (ICT) TVL Maritime Sports Track Arts and Design Track Since school year 2016–2017. Students are usually 16–17 years old. Russia The eleventh grade is final year of secondary education, the end of the high school, and it is an examinational year, when training to USE is being more powerful, than in tenth grade. Priority of education in this year is given to repeat the material learned in high school (Fifth to Tenth years) in Mathematics, Russian language and in exam subjects by pupils' choice. Singapore In Singapore, 11th grade is equivalent of Secondary 5 level. Only people taking N Levels (normal academic levels) will go to secondary 5, those in express streams will take their O levels (ordinary levels) in secondary 4, and then continue to a Junior College for