Catalan education system
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The current Catalan education system (according to the LOGSE) is classified like this: general regime (children's education (educació infantil), primary education (educació primària), secondary compulsory education (ESO), batxillerat, formació professional de grau mitjà i de grau superior (technical college) and special regime (artistic studies and language studies). Education is compulsory between six and sixteen years.
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Departament d'Educació Marta Cid i Pañella |
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| National education budget | €3 376 million (2005) | |
| Primary languages | Catalan, Spanish, in Vall d'Aran, Aranese | |
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| Literacy ({{{literacy year}}}) • Men • Women |
97.6% % % |
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| Enrollment • Primary • Secondary • Post-secondary |
' 354 597 (101.7%) (91.4%) (35.2%) |
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| Attainment • Secondary diploma • Post-secondary diploma |
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[edit] Educació Infantil (Kindergarten)
- Structure: 2 education cycles of three academic years each one, that are called:
- Llar d'Infants (0-3 years)
- Parvulari (3-6 year)
[edit] Educació primària (Primary Education)
- Structure: three cycles of two years each one:
- Cicle inicial (6-8 years)
- Cicle mitjà (8 -10 years)
- Cicle superior (10-12 years)
[edit] Educació secundària (Secondary Education)
Educació Secundària Obligatòria (ESO)
- Structure: two cycles of two academic years each (total 4 years):
- 1r Cicle (12 -14 years)
- 2n Cicle (14-16 years)
When finishing ESO the student has a number of options :
- To do cicles formatius de grau mitjà (1º technical college)
- Access to Batxillerat.
- Join the labor world (because she/he is the minimum age to get a job).
[edit] Batxillerat
- Structure: This consists of a cycle of two academic courses (16-18 years) divided into modules:
- Arts
- Natural science and health
- Social Humanities and sociology
- Technology
[edit] Formació professional específica de grau mitjà (1st technical college)
- Access: To access this level the student needs to have graduated from secondary education or equivalent or to have passed access tests.
- Structure : This level includes a set of cicles formatius (formation cycles) that are organized in professional modules. The cicles formatius are organized in different professional families.
- When finished: The student proceeds to batxillerat to study more recognized subjects or enters the labour market.
[edit] Formació professional específica de grau superior (2nd technical college)
- Access: with the batxillerat qualification or through a grading test (la prova d'accés) (differentiating if it comes from 1ºFP or from 2ºFP)
- Structure : it covers a set of formation cycles that are organized in professional modules.
[edit] Adult's studies
The minimum age for participation in these activities is 16 years.
- Objective: to obtain the title of high school graduate.
- First subjects:
- oral language
- written language
- introduction to computer science
- introduction to a foreign language
- Basic formation: this includes two cycles:
- Cycle of instrumental studies, organized in 3 levels.
- Cycle of secondary education: it can be studied with the current modules or others.
- Other formative programmes which do not require a previous academic title:
- Preparation for access exams to the cicles formatius de grau mitjà studies.
- Preparation for exams to access to cicles formatius de grau superior.
- Preparation for tests to get access to university.
- Leisure time and cultural programmes that do not require academic qualifications:
- Workshop of artistic, plastic and corporal expression.
- Workshop of communication.
- Workshop of new technologies.
[edit] Ensenyaments de règim especial
The studies that make up this section are not included in the levels, the stages or the cycles that form the general regime. They have their own level and structure, and it can go from elemental school to equivalent academic degree studies. Special regime studies:
- Plastic Arts and Design
- Conservation and restoration of cultural goods
- Music
- Dance
- Dramatic arts and (Theater)
- Languages
[edit] Educació universitària (university)
University courses are structured in cycles, and have the crèdit as a measure for the lessons.
- Structure and access:
- First cycle courses: Access with pre-enrollment.
These are terminal studies, and when finished, a student can obtain a certificate, teacher, technical architect or technical engineer titles. It also allows access to studies of the second cycle.
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- Studies of 1st and 2nd cycle: Access with the university preinscription. Passing it gives the right to obtaining an academic degree, architect or engineer title.
Passing the first cycle, for anyone in these studies, does not qualify for obtaining an official title, but it can be of worth for incorporating into other studies of the second cycle.
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- Studies of second cycle: Access through the first university cycle, or with the possession of a graduate, architect, technical engineer or teacher, whenever these studies conform to the norm of access for each second cycles. Passing it gives the student the right to obtain a university degree, architect degree or engineer degree.
- Studies of 3rd cycle: they are the called Ph. D. programs (doctorate). The access is regulated by the university itself, through the Doctorate Commission. It is necessary to have the degree course, architect degree or engineer.
- Own degrees: are studies nonregulated with which you obtain an unofficial degree, recognized only by the university that grants them.
These courses have the same structure as the regulated studies: therefore, there are first cycle degrees, first and second cycle degrees, and second cycle degrees.
The universities regulate the access to their own degrees and they fix the academic prices. They can also offer unofficial post-degrees.
