Question about education system in different countries

[Mariela Rodriguez]

I´m from Argentina.In my country the educational sistem is like this:

3-4: Kindergarden (Optional)

5:Pre-school (Mandatory)

6-12: Primary school (Mandatory)

13-18: Secondary school (Mandatory)

18 +: University  (Optional)

The degree you get when you finish university is called "Licenciatura" (I honestly dont know the equivalent of that),and then you can get a postgraduate degree(doctorate,masters or specialization)

How does it work in your country? I've always been curious about it.....

 

 

 

[Kriss]

Structure in Latvia is pretty much the same... If you want I might look a bit more into it and send you everything in much greater detail...

 

The biggest difference would be that:

12-15 Secondary school 

15-18 High school

If I'm not mistaken than both of them are mandatory (Or maybe high school isn't anymore) Oh well... Just let me know... :) 

[Chip, A Former Ningmaster]

United States by Grade:

P - Preschool - age 4 or 5ish

K - Kindergarten - age 5

1-6  - Elementary school - age 6-11

7-8 - Middle school - age 12-13 (some may call 6th middle school, depends on who you talk to)

9-12 - High school age 14-18

College - age 18+ we don't generally refer to them with numbers, but the standard is four years, afterwhich you have a bachelors degree (generally).

The you move on to graduate school (masters, phds, etc)

 

I don't know about the legal status of required attendance, I think everything before high school is mandatory besides preschool, and high school can be dropped out of but there's a lot of paperwork.

[Mariela Rodriguez]

Thank you both so much for answering =)

I have to say I like the MiddleSchool HighSchool division,it seems more age appropriate.

In countries where there´s bullying,having a 12 year old sharing bathrooms and other facilities with  17/18 year olds seems too dangerous to me. Better safe than sorry....

 

 

 

[Yasmin]

In the UK its:

Preschool 4 or below (optional)

Primary 4-11

Secondary 11-16 (in some schools it's split into lower 11-14 and upper 14-16

Sixth form or Collage 16-18/20

University 18+

 

[Mariela Rodriguez]

So Collage and University are not the same thing?

Wow!I´ve always believed they were =(

So,what is the difference?

[Yasmin]

Not a lot really, it's just different courses, you can do A-levels at collage or a course without doing A-levels but you need A-levels to go to University. People normally say that University is for smarter people but I'm not sure if that's true.

[Mariela Rodriguez]

Question:What are A-Levels?

[Yasmin]

It's a qualification that you can do after secondary school, I think the a stands for advanced

[Mariela Rodriguez]

ohhh!! Thanks!

[Moa]

I’m born and raised in Sweden, our scholar system is a bit different (but not that much) from the ones that been mentioned. I´ll try to explain it so it's not too hard to understand, but I'm not promising anything.

In Sweden all education is free. From pre-school at the age of 6 until university (studying at university is also free). From the age of 6 until finished secondary school all children gets free lunch in school. During my education I saw no one bring their own lunch to school. Some colleges’ offers free lunch some don't.

Age: 2-5. Daycare - Optional (in Sweden pre-school and kindergarten is separated, but they are both officially called pre-schools and you need the same sort of education to work at both of them)

Age: 6 Grade: F/"sixth-year". Pre-school - Optional

Age 7-9 Grade: 1-3. Primary school - Mandatory (called "low-stadium")

Age 10-12 Grade: 4-6. Primary school - Mandatory (called "middle-stadium". Up to date I haven't seen a school that don't have both low-stadium and middle-stadium in the same school/under the same headmaster)

Age: 13-15 Grade: 7-9. Secondary school - Mandatory (called "high-stadium". Is generally separated from low- and middle-stadiums)

Age: 16-18 Grade: 1-3. College/High school - Optional (called "gymnasium", you can either choose an vocational or academic education, however both give eligibility for further studies at university)

No minimum age: University - Optional (there’s also so called "high schools" that's the same thing as a university except that you can only get up to an candidate, only at a university can you get a master or doctor)