Systems of Higher Education in an international Comparison: Spain<title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../CSS/2col_leftNav.css" type="text/css" /> </head>  <body> <div id="masthead"> <h1 id="siteName"> Systems of Higher Education in an international Comparison: Spain</h1> <h1 id="subTitle"> Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia</h1> <div id="globalNav"> Educational System | <a href="../universitylife/living.html">University Life</a> | <a href="../work/internship.html">Work</a> | <a href="../madrid/geography.html">Madrid</a> | <a href="../valencia/valencia.html">Valencia</a>| <a href="../authors.html">Authors</a></div> </div> </div>  <div id="content"> <h2 id="pageName"> School</h2> <div id="breadCrumb"> <a href="#pre">Preschool</a> | <a href="#prim">Primary School</a> | <a href="#sec">Secondary School</a> | <a href="#bac">Bachillerato</a> </div> <div class="feature"> <img src="images/edusystem.jpg" alt="Education System in Spain" width="280" height="200" /> <h3> Education System</h3> <p> The education system in spain is divided into 6 main parts. The first 6 years parents can put their children into the Preschool (Educacion infantil), but that's not a obligatory part. The obligatory part starts at the age of 6, when the children visit the Primary School (Educacion Primaria). This are 6 years of school, so until the age of 12. After that the Secondary School (Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria) starts. This takes 4 years, so that the students have reached the age of 16 after it. This is now the age where the obligatory part of the education is finished. Now they can choose between working (Formacion Profesional) or do a Bachillerato, which takes another two years. After the Bachillerato the students can enter University (Universidad). </p> </div> <div class="story"> <a name="pre"> <h3> Preschool Education - Educación Infantil</h3> </a> <p> The first part of the education system in spain is the preschool (Educación infantil). It is separated in two cycles, the first one for childrens between 1 and 3 years, and the second one for children between 4 and 6 years. This whole part is voluntary. There public and private centers, where children can obtain preschool education. </div> <div class="story"> <a name="prim"> <h3> Primary School - Educación Primaria</h3> </a> <p> The Primary School is an educational period, that includes six academic years, which are arranged between the age of 6 and 12 years of the children. This period is separated in 3 cycles, of which every one contains two academic years. They are arranged in different areas. The first one is the knowledge about the natural, social and cultural environment. Further areas are the education of art and the physical education. Furthermore the spanish language and literature, and if given the second official language. And they have to learn one foreign language and, of course, maths. There is a evaluation in every area after every cycle. If someone don't pass the evaluation, there is the possibility to expand the cycle by one year. This can only be obtained once in the Primary School. </p> </div> <div class="story"> <a name="sec"> <h3> Secondary school - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria</h3> </a> <p> The period of Secondary School Education is situated between the age of 12 and 16 years, and is divided in four courses. In the first three courses the following subjects are tought. Science of natur and social, geographic and historic science are tought. Other courses are physical education, music and the spanish language and literature, and again if given the second official language, as in Valencia for example valenciano. There is tought maths, technologies, and one foreign language. And at last visual and plastic art is an subject, too. This are the first three courses, in the fourth year there are added ethic and civic education. And they have to choose three other subjects. For example latin or another second foreign language or computer science. There is a evaluation after every course in every subject. If someone don't pass two or more subjects, he has to do a extraordinary test, and if he still don't pass the subjects, he has to repeat the whole course. This can only be done once in every course. After these part the students have reached the age of 16 and so can now choose either to access the Bachillerato or to start working. </p> </div> <div class="story"> <a name="bac"> <h3> Bachillerato</h3> </a> <p> The ones who decide to do the Bachillerato have to go to school two more years. They have to choose one of three branches. The branches are: Arts, Sciences and technologies or humanities and social sciences. The Bachillerato is formed by general subjects, subjects of the branch and elective courses. The evaluation is continous. If the student don't pass mroe than two subjects in the first year, he has to repeat it. If a student don't pass more than three subjects in the second year he has to repeat it, too. The time a student is in the Bachillerato can not exceed four years. To get the title Bachiller, the student needs to pass all subjects and to pass the Prueba General de Bachillerato (General Test). With the title Bachiller, the student can now go to university. </p> <div id="Div1"> <em>Author: Stefan Edbauer</em></div> </div> </div>  <div id="navBar"> <div id="sectionLinks"> <h3> The Spanish Educational System</h3> <ul> <li>School</li> <li><a href="uni.html">University</a></li> <li><a href="statistics.html">Statistics</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="relatedLinks"> <h3> Related Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mec.es/">Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oei.es/quipu/espana/index.html#sis2">Education System</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.spain-online.de/costablanca/auswandern/htdocs/bildungssystem.htm"> www.spain-online.de</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dija.de/wai1/showcontent.asp?ThemaID=1240">www.dija.de</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div id="siteInfo"> (C) 2008, Stefan Edbauer, Arno Scherhorn, <a href="http://www.juergentreml.de/">Jürgen Treml</a> </div> <br /> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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