Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge,

skills, values, morals, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include teaching,
training, storytelling, discussion and directed research. Education frequently
takes place under the guidance of educators, however learners can also educate
themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any
experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be
considered educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.

Formal education is commonly divided formally into such stages as preschool or

kindergarten, primary school, secondary school and then college, university, or
apprenticeship.

There are movements for education reforms, such as for improving quality and
efficiency of education towards applicable relevance in the students' lives and
efficient problem solving in modern or future society at large or for evidence-
based education methodologies. A right to education has been recognized by some
governments and the United Nations.[a] Global initiatives aim at achieving the
Sustainable Development Goal 4, which promotes quality education for all. In most
regions, education is compulsory up to a certain age.

Contents
1 Etymology
2 History
3 Formal
3.1 Early childhood
3.2 Primary
3.3 Secondary
3.3.1 Lower
3.3.2 Upper
3.4 Tertiary
3.5 Vocational
3.6 Special
4 Unconventional forms
4.1 Alternative
4.2 Indigenous
4.3 Informal learning
4.4 Self-directed learning
4.5 Evidence-based
4.6