The
Spanish education system is composed of five levels of education:
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Infant education
Early childhood education (ECE), also known as nursery education, is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. Traditionally, this is up to the equivale ...
(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).
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Primary education
Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...
(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).
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Secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final pha ...
(ESO is the acronym in
Spanish) 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
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...
and design and
sport
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...
.
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Higher education
Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...
(with distinctive criteria to access this, depending 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.
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Special courses are languages, the arts, and sport.
Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, de Educación
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References
system
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