How is foreign education evaluated for federal jobs?
Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. If the foreign education is not from an educational institution accredited by an accrediting body that is recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, it must be evaluated by a credential evaluation service, a private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials. To be acceptable, the foreign credential evaluation must include/describe: • The type of education received by the applicant; • The level of education in relation to the U.S. education system, and state that its comparability recommendations follow the general guidelines of the U.S. National Council for the Evaluation of Foreign Educational Credentials; • The content of the applicant’s educational program earned abroad and the standard obtained; • The status of the awarding foreign scho
