Thursday, May 8, 2008

Primary education

Primary school outdoors. Teacher (priest) with the class in the suburbs of Bucharest, around 1842.
Primary school outdoors. Teacher (priest) with the class in the suburbs of Bucharest, around 1842.

Primary (or elementary) education consists of the first years of training, formal education. In general, primary education consists of six or seven years of schooling from the age of 5 or 6, although it sometimes varies between and within countries. Globally, about 70% of primary age children are enrolled in primary education, and this proportion is increasing. [1]. Under the Education for All program led by UNESCO, most countries are committed to achieving universal enrolment in primary education by 2015, and in many countries it is mandatory for children to receive primary education. The division between primary and secondary education is somewhat arbitrary, but it usually occurs at about eleven or twelve years. Some education systems have middle schools with the passage to the final stage of secondary education taking place around the age of fourteen. Most schools that offer primary education are designated as primary schools. Primary schools in these countries are often divided into kindergartens and primary schools.

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