Re: OT: School systems (was: Re: Introduction)

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From: "daniel andreasson" <danielandreasson@...>
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Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 12:57 AM
Subject: OT: School systems (was: Re: Introduction)


> Garth Wallace wrote:
>
> > Where I come from, junior high is two years, and middle school comes
> > right before that. Kindergarten (grade 0) through 3rd grade are
> > elementary school, 4th through 6th grade are middle school, 7th and 8th
> > are junior high, and 9th through 12th are high school.
>
> Just to clear up the Swedish school system:
>
> Age 7-9 : lågstadiet 'low stadium'
> 10-12 : mellanstadiet 'middle stadium'
> 13-15 : högstadiet 'high stadium' i.e. approx. junior high
> 16-18 : gymnasiet, which is approx. like high school
>
> You graduate in June so half of the people have turned 19
> by then. And it's possible to start school at age 6. And
> that's about it.
>
> Låg-, mellan- and högstadiet are compulsory. Gymnasiet is not,
> but I think 96% or so go on to gymnasiet anyway. Then we have
> university/högskola ("högskola" is NOT the same as "high school").
OK. If smbody is interested to know school system in such an exotic country like
Ukraine, here it is (sidenote: traditional English name for schoolyears in the
[post]-Soviet space is "form", not "grade"):

Starting at age 6:
Forms 1-4: elementary (lit. "primary") school
Forms 5-8: basic school
Forms 9-11(12): secondary (lit. "middle") school.
All this is complulsory. In Secondary school you may take optional courses
("facultatives").

> University is of course free.
After that you can have either trade training in a "PTU" (trade school) or
"technicum" (college) -- this is "secondary specialized" education (and most of
this may be taken just after the Basic school); or search for a more
sophisticated profession going to "institute" (another kind of college, only
after the Secondary school), "university" or "academy". -- this is "high
school". State-owned "high schools" are free. The system is now trying to get
adapted to the Western requirements, so older "diplomas" are being displaced by
degrees:
- specialist (after most technicums);
- bachelor (after some technicums or an institute or 4 years in a uni);
- master (after a university - 5/6 years + a research paper) [in the older times
*this* was called "specialist", and I'm here].
To get "candidate of science" and "doctor of science", you need to cooperate
with special departments of universities ("aspiranture" and "doctoranture")
where you need to make individual research.

--
Yitzik

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