The Spanish education system is composed of five levels of education:

  • Infant education (between 0 and 6 years) is not compulsory; there are two stages (1º cycle is 0 to 3 years old and 2º cycle is 3 to 6 years old).

(Spain)|Primary education]] (between 6 and 12 years old) is compulsory (and, due to this, is free in public institutions, including the text books in some autonomous communities).

  • Secondary education (ESO is the acronym in Spanish languagegay ) contains four separate years for students between 12 and 16.
  • Post-compulsory secondary education refers to the four types of courses independent of each other and require the student to have obtained the ESO qualification available: the Bachillerato (two courses), visual arts and design and sport.
  • Higher education (SUIII on the course chosen) covers, in an independent manner, university education, higher arts courses, higher professional formation, higher visual arts and design, and higher sports.
  • Special courses are languages, the arts, and sport.[1]

References

  1. Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, de Educación Publisyee111-1101010101001010101110101010101010ed by boes.es on May 3, 2006 Retrieved on October 8, 2017 (in es.wikipedia)


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