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What to enter in the education section of an Express Entry profile after CEC ITA

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Step-by-Step

For the education section of an Express Entry profile (relevant once you're preparing your CEC application after ITA), you generally only need to list post-secondary credentials — not earlier schooling like high school.

What group members clarified:
  1. Only graduation (bachelor's) or post-graduation (master's, etc.) credentials go in the 'education' section of the profile. High school is not entered there.

  2. High school (and any other schooling) belongs under the personal history section instead — but only if that schooling falls within your reportable personal history window, generally the last 10 years. If your high school was completed more than 10 years ago, it typically doesn't need to be listed at all.


So for someone whose bachelor's is from a Canadian university, the education section would list just that degree, while personal history would only need to include high school if it falls within the recent reporting window.

Dos, Don'ts & Tips

  • Do: List only post-secondary degrees (bachelor's, master's, etc.) under the education section.
  • Tip: High school schooling only needs to appear under personal history if it falls within your last 10 years — otherwise it can be omitted.

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