Sistema Educatiu Catalunya
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Education in Catalonia
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� Free from the age of 3 to16 and compulsory from 6 to 16
� Tuition is mostly in Catalan but children complete their compulsory education with the mastering of both Spanish and Catalan and an adequate level of at least one foreign language .
� Equality of opportunities and social integration are the guidelines of Catalan Education
0 to 3 Nursery School
3 to 6 Infant Education
6 to12
Primary Education (compulsory)
12 to16
Compulsory Secondary Education
Organization
12 to16
Post-CompulsorySchooling
Batxillerat= A-Levels
School Calendar
From September to June – divided into 3 terms:� 1st term : from September to Christmas Holidays (15 days)
� 2nd term: from January to Easter Holidays (10 days)
� 3rd term: from Easter Holidays to the end of JuneSummer Holidays include July and August and the first week of September
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Basically, 5 different kinds of schools� Nursery schools
� Primary schools 9 levels - 3 Infant Education - 6 Primary Education
� Secondary schools 4 levels – (SIN)
� Comprehensive Schools (Infant + Primary + SecondaryEducation ) (Institut Escola)
� High Schools (Institut) 4 levels of Secondary Education2 levels of Batxillerat (A-levels)
2 levels of different specialities of Professional
Schooling (Middle Grade) CFPGM2 levels of different specialities of Professional
Schooling (Upper Grade) CFPGS
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From 0 to 12
� Nursery schools From 4 months to 3 years,
we find them in most little villages
� Primary schools 9 levels:
- 3 years for Infant Education P3, P4 & P5
- 6 years Primary Education.
In many villages where there are at least 6 children. (Cyclic schools)
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From 12 to 16
� Secondary schools (SIN)� 4 levels ESO (Educació Secundària Obligatòria)
Secondary Compulsory Education :
Once completed these 4 years, students get the Certificate of Graduate in ESO.
(A kind of GCE- O Level)
In some schools they start a 2nd Foreign LanguageIn the 4th year they do a Group Research Work - worth
10% of their grades.
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From 3 to 16
� Institut Escola Infant
+ Primary
+ Secondary Education� Kind of Comprehensive Schools Mostly found :
in big villages, where there are students enough (30/40), in the 6th year of Primary Education, to ensure at least one group per level of Secondary Education.
in towns where there has been a recent need for schooling.
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From 12 to 18 or more
High Schools (Institut)
only found in towns
They offer:
� 4 years of Secondary Educationgiving access to
� 2 years more of post- compulsory Education
in most of them both
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either2 levels of Batxillerat (A-levels)
giving them access toUniversity or
or 2 levels of different specialities of Professional Schooling (Middle Grade) CFPGM
2 levels of different specialities of Professional Schooling (Upper Grade) CFPGS
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Catalan – for newcomers
Spanish – for foreigners
Foreign Languages (EOI – Escola Oficial d’Idiomes/Official State School for Languages)
Basic Tuition in Mathematics and Language
ESO for Adults- preparation to the equivalent of “GCE”/ Certificate of Graduation in Secondary Education
Preparation to the different Access Exams (eitherUniversity or Upper Grade Professional Schooling)
Informatics
Adult Education