Curriculum Curriculum Curriculum The American or US The Ontario Curriculum, The national curriculum Curriculum is based on which is also known as the includes Spanish, American Common Core Canadian Curriculum, starts mathematics, social studies, State Standards for English, off at Kindergarten which will natural sciences, civics, arts, Language Arts, Math, History last about two years. After and physical education. Each & Geography, and Next- Kindergarten, students will class is assigned one teacher Generation Science enter into Elementary that instructs all subjects Standards. This gives more Schools from Grade 1 to throughout the year. In creative freedom to tailor the Grade 8. From Grade 1 to Mexico, basic education is curriculum based on Grade 6, literacy, numeracy normally divided in three individual needs. Students and learning skills are well steps: primary school are supported by a huge built. Education in Canada is (primaria), comprising grades range of co-curricular generally divided into pre- 1–6; junior high school activities that ensure they primary education, primary (secundaria), comprising have the opportunity to education, followed by grades 7–9; and high school develop fully as individuals. secondary education and (preparatoria), comprising Personalized instructions are post-secondary. Within the grades 10–12. geared towards inquiry- provinces under the ministry based, hands-on teaching of education, there are district methods, and world class school boards administering learning strategies. the educational programs. Includes Elementary, secondary and post- secondary non-tertiary education.
Brazil Paraguay Argentina
Curriculum Curriculum Curriculum The education system in The structure of education in Argentina has a long history Brazil is divided between 5 Paraguay is similar to those of providing tuition-free distinct levels or stages: pre- found in other countries access to local schools and primary or preschool around the world. Primary universities, which in turn education, primary education, school begins at the age of helps to generate a qualified lower secondary education, six and consists of six workforce. upper secondary education grades. After primary school, The education system is and tertiary or higher children proceed into composed of primary school, education. Of these five secondary school. The secondary school - level one, levels, only primary education secondary school has two secondary school - level two, and lower secondary parts; lower secondary, which and university. Students can education are compulsory. is seventh through ninth attend public institutions High school core curriculum grade, and upper secondary, tuition-free or can attend comprises Portuguese which is grades 10 through private schools. (including Portuguese 12. language, essay studies, These twelve years of Brazilian and Portuguese education are mandatory and literatures), foreign language free. Students are around 17 (usually English, also years of age once they finish Spanish and very rarely their required schooling. French), History, Geography, Nearly all youth and adults Mathematics, Physics, are literate in Paraguay. Chemistry, Arts, Physical Education, and Biology.
Colombia Venezuela Dominican Republic
Curriculum Curriculum Curriculum the educational system in Education in Venezuela is The education system in the Colombia remains relatively compulsory up to high country is consisting of 3 constant. Preschool or school. Classes are main levels: primary, kindergarten is usually in conducted in Spanish in non- secondary, and higher. private hands. A child may sectarian schools. Education Education is free and enter at age four and is free for all, and every mandatory from ages 5 to 14. continue through age six. citizen has the right to attend Preschool is not mandatory Primary schooling in public schools. The and were presented in some Columbia begins with five educational system in areas. The different years of elementary Venezuela is highly categories of secondary education followed by four centralized. For this reason, school are sixyear liceo years of secondary changes or innovations that (bachillerato certificate will be education. After this basic occur will affect the whole given after completion), cycle, students proceed to a country. Public and private polytechnics, teacher training second level of secondary schools are subject to and vocational schools. The education, lasting two years. supervision by the Ministry of Secretariat of State for Generally, these six years of Education, Culture and Education and Culture secondary education appear Sports. Private schools must oversees the entire primary together. Upon finishing that meet the same standards as and secondary schools. level, the students may pass those required in the public on to some kind of technical schools. For all levels of training or commercial education there are public studies, or they can attend and private institutions. The university and eventually structure of the whole pursue graduate studies educational system is (Low-Maus; Wellington). comprised of Basic Education (Educación Básica), which lasts nine years (from 5 to 14 years); Diversified Secondary Education (Educación Media Diversificada), which lasts 2 years (14 to 16); and Specialized Secondary Education (Educación Media Profesional), which lasts three years (from 14 to 17), after which the student is awarded a technical degree. Secondary education (Educación media) is divided into two cycles: Diversified and Professional. Training for bachilleres in science, arts, or humanities lasts two years, and training for professional or mid-level technicians técnicos medios lasts three years.
China South Korea Japan
Curriculum Curriculum Curriculum The Chinese educational The Korean public education The Japanese school system structure provides for six structure is divided into three primarily consists of six-year years of primary school, three parts: six years of primary elementary schools, three- years each of lower school, followed by three year junior high schools and secondary school and upper years of middle school and three-year high schools, secondary school, and four then three years of high followed by a two-or-three- years in the school. In 1996 only about year junior colleges or a four- standard university curriculum. five percent of Korea's high year colleges. Compulsory All urban schools are financed schools were coeducational. education lasts for 9 years by the state, while rural The proportion of through elementary and schools depend more heavily coeducational schools has junior high school. School on their own financial increased by almost ten exchanges during Japan resources. Official policy percent. However, classes in Educational Travel are stresses scholastic many coeducational high mainly implemented in junior achievement, with particular schools are still divided high and high schools. For emphasis on the natural along gender lines. The physically or mentally sciences. A significant effort is curriculum is standardized so challenged students, there is made to enhance vocational now both boys and girls a system called “Special training opportunities for study technology and Needs Education” to support students who do not attend domestic science. special students to develop a university. The quality of their self-reliance and thus education available in the enhance their social cities generally has been participation. higher than that in the countryside, although considerable effort has been made to increase enrollment in rural areas at all education levels. Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Curriculum Curriculum Curriculum In Indonesia education is Children in Malaysia begin In Singapore, the system centrally controlled by the their education as early as at includes six years of primary ministry of national the age of four at pre-schools school, followed by four to six education. 6 years in primary although this is not years of secondary school, school and 3 years in junior compulsory. Primary and one to three years of high school are compulsory. education starts when the postsecondary school. The The primary phase follows on child reaches the age of six curriculum for primary after optional pre-school on the first day of January of schools is common for all playgroups that may the current school year. Prior students in years one to four. commence in a child’s third to 2015, only the six years of For years five and six, year. Most elementary primary education were students can take individual schools are government compulsory but after 2015 courses at the foundation or controlled. Some offer the five years of secondary standard level. Foundational accelerated programs that education were also made level courses are designed to compress the phase to 5 compulsory. The government provide more support for years. As Islamic education provides free education for students. As they enter system operates in parallel to six years at primary level and secondary school, students, this. five years at secondary level. their parents, and their At the end of this secondary teachers jointly agree on one education, students sit for a of three bands or “streams” common public examination, they will join: Express, Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia Normal (Academic), and (SPM). Normal (Technical). All streams offer the same course of study, but Express is accelerated and Normal (Technical) offers more applied work.