Educations systems

By: Rafael E. Andrade P. N°: 4 2° Bach. “D”

JAPAN

THE EDUCATION IN J APAN IS OBLIGATORY , BUT IN THE SECONDARY LEVELS IT BECOMES

VOLUNTARY , VIRTUALLY ALL STUDENTS PASS TO SECONDARY . THE MOST OF THE STUDENT
ATTEND TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE LOWER LEVELS , IN THE SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY
LEVELS THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE MORE POPULAR .

THE EDUCATION IN J APAN WAS BASED IN THE RECOVERED AND THE RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH ,
IN THE DECADES FALLOWED THE END OF THE “WORLD WAR II”.

ALSO IN THE LOWERS LEVELS OF EDUCATION (KINDERGARTEN , DAY-CARE , ETC .) THE

STUDENTS USE SOME PROTECTION

TAIWAN

THIS SYSTEM PRODUCES PUPILS WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST TEST SCORES IN THE WORLD ,
ESPECIALLY IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE . BUT THIS SYSTEM IS CRITIQUED FOR THE
EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON STUDENTS , THIS CRITICISMS IS A TOPIC OF INTENSE DEBATE IN
TAIWAN .

CURRENTLY THE LAWS IN TAIWAN MANDATES ONLY 9 YEARS OF SCHOOLING . THE SCHOOL
YEAR CONSISTS OF TWO SEMESTER .

DISCIPLINE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ALL THE LEVELS IS GENERALLY VERY TIGHT WITH THE
UNIFORM . ALSO STUDENTS OF ALL LEVELS TROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
CLEANING THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS AND AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOL , CLEANUP TIME BEING A
DAILY RITUAL .

THEY HAVE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE THREE -YEAR INSTITUTIONS SIMILAR TO
NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL .

ENGLAND

THE EDUCATION IS THE FULL-TIME LABOR FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 5 AND 16, AND
AFTER THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE THEIR SECONDARY STUDIES FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
STATE - PROVIDED SCHOOLS ARE FREE OF CHARGE TO STUDENTS , AND THERE IS ALSO A
TRADITION OF “INDEPENDENT SCHOOLING ”, BUT THE PARENTS MAY CHOOSE TO EDUCATE THAT
IS SUITABLE MEANS FOR THEIR CHILDREN .

THE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ARE FINANCED THROUGH NATIONAL TAXATION , AND TAKE THE
PUPILS FREE OF CHARGE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 AND 18.

HIGHER EDUCATION TYPICALLY BEGINS WITH THREE YEARS , “THE BACHELOR´S DEGREE ”.

CANADA

THE EDUCATION IS DIVIDED IN ELEMENTARY (PRIMARY AND PUBLIC SCHOOL), SECONDARY

(HIGH SCHOOL ) AND POST SECONDARY (UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ).

EDUCATION IS COMPULSORY UP TO THE AGE OF 16 IN EVERY PROVINCE IN CANADA , EXCEPT

FOR O NTARIO AND N EW B RUNSWICK , WHERE THE COMPULSORY AGE IS 18.

ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY , AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN  CANADA IS A PROVINCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY AND THERE ARE MANY VARIATIONS BETWEEN THE PROVINCES .

. KINDERGARTEN (OR ITS EQUIVALENT ) IS AVAILABLE IN EVERY PROVINCE, BUT PROVINCIAL

FUNDING , AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS PROVIDED VARIES WIDELY , BUT AS AN OFFICIAL
PROGRAM EXISTS ONLY IN O NTARIO CURRENTLY . THE CHILDREN START THE ELEMENTARY AT
THE AGE OF 6 OR 7.

KOREA (NORTH AND SOUTH)

EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA  IS VIEWED CRUCIAL FOR SUCCESS AND COMPETITION IS
CONSEQUENTLY VERY HEATED AND FIERCE . MATHEMATICS , SCIENCE , KOREAN , SOCIAL
STUDIES, AND  E NGLISH  ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS .
SOUTH KOREA WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO PROVIDE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET
ACCESS FROM EVERY PRIMARY , JUNIOR , AND HIGH SCHOOL .

THE SCHOOL YEAR IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEMESTERS. THE EDUCATION BEGINS IN
KINDERGARTEN , WHICH IS COMPOSED OF CHILDREN FROM AGES THREE TO FIVE.

EDUCATION IN NORTH KOREA IS STRICTLY CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THEIR LEVELS

ARE: K INDERGARTEN , PRIMARY EDUCATION , SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THE UNIVERSITY .

THE SCHOOL-TIME, WITHOUT UNIVERSITY, IS 11 YEARS. THE CHILDREN TROUGH THE PRIMARY
LEVEL OF AGE OF SIX TO NINE , APPROXIMATING , THEY ENTER TO THE UNIVERSITY AT THE AGE
OF SIXTEEN .
By: Rafael E. Andrade P. N°: 4 2° Bach. “D”