r. 78 Education (25 points)

(1)Points shall be awarded, to a maximum of 25, for a skilled worker’s Canadian educational credential or equivalency assessment submitted in support of an application, as follows:

• (a)5 points for a secondary school credential;
• (b)15 points for a one-year post-secondary program credential;
• (c)19 points for a two-year post-secondary program credential;
• (d)21 points for a post-secondary program credential of three years or longer;
• (e)22 points for two or more post-secondary program credentials, one of which must be a credential issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer;
• (f)23 points for a university-level credential at the master’s level or an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in TEER Category 1 of the National Occupational Classification for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required; and
• (g)25 points for a university-level credential at the doctoral level.

More than one educational credential

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), points

• (a)except as set out in paragraph (1)(e), shall not be awarded cumulatively on the basis of more than one educational credential; and
• (b)shall be awarded on the basis of the Canadian educational credentials or equivalency assessments submitted in support of an application for a permanent resident visa that result in the highest number of points.