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Certificate of attendance
Document proving the attendance of a class or course / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A certificate of attendance (also certificate of participation )[1] is an official document proving the attendance of a class, a language course[2] or a training course.[3]
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Although it could increase the prospects of professional promotion,[2] this type of certificate is not a credential because it does not provide proof of learning,[4] that is, no knowledge is assessed before such a certificate is issued.[1]