Q&A: The American school system
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This is out of date; this is when he was a kid. Now, it is as follows:
Pre-Kindergarten (4-5)
Elementary:
Kindergarten (5-6)
1st Grade (6-7)
2nd Grade (7-8)
3rd Grade (8-9)
4th Grade (9-10)
5th (10-11)
Middle School:
6th Grade (11-12)
7th Grade (12-13)
8th Grade (13-14)
High School
9th Grade Freshman (14-15)
10th Grade Sophomore (15-16)
11th Grade Junior (16-17)
12th Grade Senior (17-18)
Hope this helped
This helped a lot thanks so much😂
Yep thank you I was trying to understand the USA school system
And what about undergraduate and graduate system how many years do they take ?
This is what i was lookin for
Wow ...thank you btw I was lookin for this
I'm from Germany and 15 years old and I have to write a research paper about the American school system so this was really helpful!
Hi, did you complete the research paper perfectly??
Now you may be 21
@@antosebastian4428 time flies
@@antosebastian4428 LMAO IM FARTING
@Sophie Riri Isn't it funny that you wrote it when you were 15, now you are 21, and I find the comment you wrote when you were 15 when I am 15
@@usernotfound4786 that’s crazy 😢 wish I was still 15
In England it's:
Primary school "infants"
Reception (4-5 yrs old)
Year 1 (5-6)
Year 2 (6-7)
Primary school "juniors"
Year 3 (7-8)
Year 4 (8-9)
Year 5 (9-10)
Year 6 (10-11)
High School
Year 7 (11-12)
Year 8 (12-13)
Year 9 (13-14)
Year 10 (14-15)
Year 11 (15-16)
Either Sixth form or College
(16-18)
University (18+)
LFCFifaLuke so in american im in 6th grade?
i would finish there so quickly lmao so cool
that’s england not the whole uk
Lauren Cosgrove , it’s the same in Wales and I presume it’s the same in Scotland too :)
Chill Leaf [AW4KE] it’s not it’s different in scotland
God I just realized how much time we waste in school
Cyphruzzz I feel like you get out of school with grey hairs, debt and wrinkles. Imma just run.
You didn't waste time what would you do all these years without school you're not employable without a degree
pffft tell me about it. Almost my whole life.
It's not wasted if you know what you want to study and pursue it
you learn to learn, to think, to argue, to solve problems, to work in a team, to understand different opinions, to reflect your own opinions, to manage time and Ressources etc.
it s more like the jail system, but you get to study doing your hard time.
I am Venezuelan in here and most of latin América we have this simple system:
day care: 6months - 2years old
preschool : 3-5
primary school: 1st to 6th grade
secondary school: 7th to 12 grade
THAT'S IT
There are variations. In Brazil, 1-9 is primary, and 10-12 in secondary.
Josefina M Yes, but we call it differently!
Andrea, then you have University yes?
Same thing in Argentina, except for Technical schools there's an extra year.
Andrea Perez can u tell me plz age of 14 years students read in which class in America?
In Germany its primary school from 1-4 grade and high school from 5-12 😝
Wow!! It's changed now in America...1-5 Grade School!
But we also have 4 different types of high school in germany :/ :(
Mara Jansen echt? Was für welche? Kenne Gymnasium, Real Schule (was das ist, verstehe ich allerdings Nd so ganz) und Hauptschule.
Wow same in India! I think Indian school system come from UK.
Yes
School system in Belgium is a bit easier: 6 years of 'lower school' then 6 years of 'highschool', you graduate highschool when 18y old and then can choose to go to college or universities (or start to work) :)
That's also like the Australian school system as well except we have kindergarten before lower school, which we call primary school
Same in Argentina!! Really we have 7 years for Primary Level and 5 years for Secondary Level.
@@JamesJones-cm6vi In belgium we also got kindergarten, it is like the 3 year before lower school.
In India we have
LKG: 4y
UKG: 5y
Primary school
1: 6y
2: 7y
3: 8y
4: 9y
5: 10y
6: 11y
7: 12y
8: 13y
High school
9: 14y
10: 15y
Secondary school
11: 16
12: 17
College/university
3/4 years course
Or class 1-5 is Primary School/Classes
6-10 is Secondary Classes / School
11-12 is Higher Secondary Classes
Many of our schools have 1-12 in one place !
that is so confusing! the UK school system is so much easier.
Mason Emoli ikr
Mason Emoli It's because you're not living in the US. It's actually very easy to understand for me because I live through it. I tried to learn about UK's education system and my brain just fell asleep. I had no idea what I was reading. But I think it's all similar in some form.
Tam Vuong yeah it's quite similar, just we have a constant year system, not the grades/ titles America has.
Yeah and their tests are so confusing. Apparantly only 30% of their grade is made up by the actual test.
Mason Emoli UK is so Hard! Also in the usa we say college instead of uni or university. It is the same thing and you have freshmen sophomore junior and senior in college then it's grad school
Indonesia :
Kinder Garden : 2 years
Primary school : 6 years (minimal 6 yo)
Junior High : 3 years
Senior High : 3 years
Bachelor Degree : 4 years
Master Degree : 2 years
Doctoral Degree : 3 years
so when americans say that they can't pay the college fees they are actually talking about university
shit that makes sense now
Meanwhile in Serbia:
- Before the age of 6-7 there is a KINDERGARTEN. It's not compulsory and it's not available everywhere (especially in rural areas). Usually kids with both parents working go to kindergarten.
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is compulsory and it's divided in two parts:
1. Grades 1-4 (kids age 6-7 to 10-11) where you have one teacher for all the school subjects
2. Grades 5-8 (kids age 11-12 to 14-15) where you have different teachers for every subject.
- HIGH SCHOOL is not compulsory, but more than 90% of kids continue their education in high school. It lasts 3 or 4 years (kids age 15-16 to 18-19). There are different types of high schools:
1. Gymnasium (4 years) - Offers advanced secondary education and kids who go there usually plan to go to college afterwards.
2. Specialized HS (4 years) - Learning for a specific jobs like nurse, physical therapist, chef, finance/economic technician...
3. Specialized HS (3 years) - Learning to become auto mechanic, hairdresser, cook, ceramist, waiter...
- COLLEGE: You can enroll in college if you finished 4 years of HS and passed the entrance exam. Most of them last 4 years, some of them 3 years, and some even 6 years (medicine). Some students don't pay the tuition but some of them do (depending on their performance).
- After college, you can continue your education and get MASTER'S DEGREE or PhD.
Hope i explained that well. Personally, i didn't go to kindergarten, wen't to gymnasium after elementary school and I'm currently studying software engineering at University of Belgrade (3rd year) : )
In Slovenia we have only:
Primary school (9. years)
High school - gimnaziun/technical school (4. years)
University - specialization in one subject and you become engineer of ('electrotechnic') or diplomated ('psychologist')
We've got it pretty similar in Slovakia too
Same in Czechia
so confusing but thank you for making this video... I understand it some more now
here in the Netherlands we have:
primary school (basisschool)
group: age:
1} kindergarten (4)
2} kindergarten. (5)
3. (6)
4. (7)
5. (8)
6. (9)
7. (10)
8. (11)
secondary school (middelbare)
1th. (12)
2th. (13)
3th. (14)
4th (exams year) (15)
*5th (only follow that if you have havo or vwo, so for smart people that want to)
6th (only follow that if you have vwo, for very smart people)*
and then you go to college (for 2,3,4 years or longer for a specific job)
and get a job....
and get money.....
that's it
but however if you fail a year you need to redo that and some go to kindergarten at an age of 5 instead of 4... but these are my ages
Harley .G Helemaal gelijk
Harley .G waar ik vandaan kom volgen we ook het Nederlandse schoolsysteem, maar we hebben geen gymnasium. Kunnen 1 van jullie me uitleggen wat dat is en hoe dat werkt?
Harley .
Meeste mensen zijn/worden 12 in groep 8
dud thats funy hahahaha
Primary School (Call 1 to 4) > High School (Higher Secondary)> University (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
This is my school system in India. And it is very simple.
There are also colleges available in India for Bachelor degree. But I jumped from High School to University.
In Scotland it's quite different, we have primary and Secondary
Primary School (ages 4/5-11/12)
Primary 1 (P1)
Primary 2 (P2)
Primary 3 (P3)
Primary 4 (P4)
Primary 5 (P5)
Primary 6 (P6)
Primary 7 (P7)
Then we go to high school (secondary) - ages 12-18
S1 - ages 12-13
S2 - ages 13-14
S3 - ages 14-15
S4 - ages 15-16
S5 - ages 16-17
S6 - ages 17-18
In S2 we choose 8 subjects for S3&4 and we will be given an exam on the subjects in S4
In S4 we do our first set of exams called National 5's and that just shows us our capability of the subjects that we have just studied for 2 years.
Then we narrow our subject choice down to 5 subjects and proceed to 'Highers' which is a more complex/harder version of the subjects we just did the year before
Then in S6 it is the same, you narrow it down to 3 subjects which you can do 'advanced Highers' you can only do advanced Highers in a subject if you have done it in higher level
Then we go to university or college, university can give you a better qualification on a subject/ course but depending on what course you do you could be there for 1-5 years or more
hoLy shit.... i Lost the command.
Well for where I live, I went to, or we can go to:
Day Care
These are in Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
These are in Middle:
6th grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
These are in high:
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Or we can go to:
Early College- High School lasses with College classes
Then there's:
Community College
University
In Malaysia it's:
Pre-school/Kindergarten: 5-6 years old
Primary school starts:
Standard 1: 7 years old
Standard 2: 8 years old
Standard 3: 9 years old
Standard 4: 10 years old
Standard 5: 11 years old
Standard 6: 12 years old
Then, you have your _UPSR_ examination. (it's called Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Exam if you attend an international school)
After that, secondary school starts:
Form 1: 13 years old
Form 2: 14 years old
Form 3: 15 years old
Form 1-3 known as Lower Secondary and students are called juniors.
You have _PT3_ examination after Form 3. (Known as Cambridge Secondary Checkpoint in international schools)
Upper Secondary starts:
Form 4: 16 years old
Form 5: 17 years old
(Students known as seniors)
Then, you have your _SPM_ examination. (known as IGCSE if you go to an international school)
SPM is equivalent to a High School Diploma in America and GCSE in UK.
After graduating, you can choose the local path, Form 6/STPM, or you can do A-Level(UK) or an Australian or American version.
After that it's a university for a bachelor's degree and then you can start a job🤷♂️
Our Indian school system is
1. (Nursery-Kg II)- Lower primary
2. (Grade 1-4)- Primary
3. (Grade 5-8)- Middle School
4. (Grade 9-10)- High school
5. (Grade 11-12)- Higher secondary
This is the case in India
Nusery, Jr.kg, Sr.kg = Age 3-5
1st grade to 4th grade(primary school) = Age 5-9
5th to 10th grade(secondary school) = Age 9-15
11th and 12th grade(Jr.college) = Age 15-18
Manish Thakur bangladesh also
U forgot UG and PG
nice for detail
7:06 "I am a genius" :))))
Ya😂😂
British school system explained.
The British school system is split into 3 schools and 6 keystages.
Primary school:
Keystage 0/foundation stage:
Nursery (3-4yrs)
Reception (4-5yrs)
Keystage 1
Year 1 (5-6yrs)
Year 2 (6-7yrs)
Keystage 2
Year 3 (7-8yrs)
Year 4 (8-9yrs)
Year 5 (9-10yrs)
Year 6 (10-11yrs)
Secondary/High school:
Keystage 3
Year 7 (11-12yrs)
Year 8 (12-13yrs)
Year 9 (13-14yrs)
Keystage 4
Year 10 (14-15yrs)
Year 11(15-16yrs)
Sixth form or college:
Keystage 5
Junior year (16-17yrs)
Senior year (17-18yrs)
Plus some people spend 3 or 4 years studying at university. Hope it was helpful
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My middle school in America was 6th through 8th grade. You can drop out of high school legally by 17 (in my state anyway). College students who have been in undergrad for many years are also called Super Seniors.
Ahhhh The United States. Waste 4 years of your life in highschool taking mandatory classes that won't help you in any way once you graduate.
Faxxx
Isn’t that every country in the world though?
@@Lion10104 yea
@@Lion10104 in the UK we have to study core subjects (maths, english and science) and we also get to pick 3 or 4 (depends on the school) subjects of our choice like geography or history or a language or something
This is in every country i guess
In Ireland it’s pretty similar to the UK but it’s a bit different:
*=optional (average ages)
~Pre-School*~
~Primary school~
Junior infants (4-5)
Senior infants (5-6)
1st class (6-7)
2nd class (7-8)
3rd class (8-9)
4th class (9-10)
5th class (10-11)
6th class (11-12)
~Secondary school~
1st year (12-13)
2nd year (13-14)
3rd year (14-15) {your junior cert exam}
Transition Year* (15-16) {transitioning from junior to senior cycle}(pretty much 4th year)
5th year (16-17) (15-16 without TY)
6th year (17-18) (16-17 without TY) {your leaving cert exam}
Then you’re done the required amount of education and can go on to college if you want.
QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT AMERICAN SCHOOLING SOMEOEN PLEASE ANSWER
- what do you earn by the end? Is it a diploma?
- how often do you take real exams?
- what are you allowed in your exams?
- what subjects are compulsory?
- are your classes all with the same people? Are you all the same age?
- how MUCH like the movies is it?
Whys it so complicated😂in Scotland where I live it's primary school, then secondary school
Yeah...my country also has only primary and secondary for the compulsory.
SO CONFUSING! In the uk u start nursery (kindergarten) when u are like 2-3 1/2 and then it's primary til ur 11 then it's high school til ur 16 then college (college can go on for different times depending on what you want to do)
More like in the netherlands but like not really 😂
Isn't it called secondary not high school. You go sixth form/college after secondary then can start applying to unis or just go into apprenticeship straight after secondary.
He didn’t explain the school system he explained the whole life experience
Very great
Britain's system:
3 years old: preschool
4 years old: reception
5: year 1
6: year 2
7. Year 3
....
11. Year 6
Then your go into secondary school where you go through years 7-11 and finish year 11 at 16 years old.
Then you can either get an apprenticeship or continue education.
Now you either go through sixth form or college (although they are basically the same) with years 12 and 13, finishing at 18 years old. After this you can go to university for 2-5 years depending on your course (although it seems most spend 3-4).
Gosh in New Zealand you start grade 1 when your five .grade 1-6 is primary school, 7-8 middle you’d be 12-13 normally then high school is year 9-13! And you’d still be 18 when you leave but in my case I was put up a year when I was in grade 1 because my birthday is too early in the year so when I finish I’ll be 17 also we can’t drive cars until we’re 18and You can drop out of school once your 16. I’m a year nine if your wondering and I hope this was interesting I guess😊
Education in New Zealand starts from a young age !
We are new in US and my daughter is HS sophomore. I wish to have a better understanding about how grades, GPA and all the options that she can chose to have. We are from brazil and over there we cannot choose what we want to study while in High school. So I am a little confused about it.
Also I see that there is some classes that see can use for the college too. What does that mean?
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QUICK ANSWER: "college-track" courses are designed for kids who will want to attend a university. The courses are a bit more difficult, but necessary.
Here in indonesia 🇮🇩 :
Primary (1st grade - 6th grade)
Junior high (7th grade - 9th grade)
High school (10th grade - 12th grade)
thank you for this video ! actually when I searched American school system on YT, i expected to get videos on how American school for classes 1 to 12th was, about the syllabus, when can we choose, exam structure, what's these AP, SAT and such, who is the education board, who runs the school and such but....
thank god i got this video, i got to know how the general structure of American school system works
now i am 19 yrs
USA starts school like 5 years after uk. (Preschool/playgroup starts at 2 then primary starts at 4 then secondary starts at 11 and ends at 18.
are you stupid? USA has preschools too , they just aren't considered part of the school system because they are toddlers
In mexico it is:
-preschool: ages 3-5
-Primary school: 6-12
-Secondary school: 13-15
-Preparatory: 16-18
Then college
PinkMarshmalloww same in Norway!
DO YOU HAVE COMPETITION EXAMS IN NORWAY FOR GOVERNMENT JOB..
Lol ofc we don’t have those exames here in Norway
same in indonesia
PinkMarshmalloww In Argentina its something like:
Kindergarten (i believe its like from 2 to 4 btw this is optional, and not mandatory)
Preschool - 5 yo (from here everything it’s obligatory)
Primary school -
-first grade
-second grade
-third grade
-forth grade
-fifth grade
-sixth grade (this is the last year of primary school, except for Buenos Aires)
-seventh grade (seventh grade only exists in Buenos Aires, argentina’s capital, for the rest of the country seventh grade doesn’t exist, they directly go to secondary school)
Secondary School -
-First year
-second year
-third year (in this year, students must choose an orientation, Technical, Language, informatics, etc ((every school is obligated to at least have two orientation for their students to choose, generally you can choose between a more humanistic orientation and a more technical one))
-forth year
-fifth year
-sixth year (this year its only mandatory to students that passed directly from sixth grade to first year of secondary school, and in buenos aires, sometimes some technical orientations have an extra year, but you get a degree in this technical speciality.
Well after secondary school you can opte to go to college thats basically the same. Also you can choose to go to the professorate ( i thinks its said like that in english, but its basically a college for teachers and professors (because they don’t actually count as university careers idk why lol) and another option its the terciario (that is something similar than university but i think its a little less complex than an actual degree. Yeah now that i think about it its kinda weird lol, but basically you have primary, secondary, and then different “colleges” options.
I knew a little about American school system but wow didn't know it was this complicated crazy.
Belgian school system (btw im only 11 years old):
Primary school :
1
2
3
4
5
6 (me)
Middle school :
1
2
3
4
5
6
Chose University or high school
the English school system is: nursery (6months - 2 years old) then pre school (3-4 years old) then primary School reception, year one, year two, year four, year five and year six (age 4-10/11) then we have high school year 7, year 8, year 9, year 10 and year 11 (age 11-16) and then we have collage and university which is optional.
LLHT You are talking bullsh*t!! There is no nursery which starts at 2 months old!! You can only start nursery if you are 3 years old. There is 4 Key Stages!!!
Key Stage 1 = Year 1 and 2 = Age 5-7.
Key Stage 2 (lower) = Year 3 and 4 = Age 7-9.
Key Stage 2 (upper) = Year 5 and 6 = Age 10-11.
Key Stage 3 = Year 7 , 8 and 9 = Age 11-12 , 12-13 , 13-14.
Key Stage 4 = Year 10 , 11 = Age 14-15 , 15-16.
Sixth Form = Year 12 , 13 = 16-17 , 17-18.
And plus here in England here is no high school! You need to look at the english system!!! And no Junior High as well!!
And get a job!!!
I'm in Key Stage 3 Year 7. I came to Engand, London at 2013 december. So this is my second and a half year now here in England!!
+Szantos Barbara well clearly you live in a different part of England than me because that is how ive always know it! Dont be so disrespectfull gosh!!! some people...
+beautyxbyxlibby Thankyou. thats how ive always known it too :)
+Szantos Barbara oh and by the way I didn't say that nursery stars at 2 months I said six months! So get your facts right before trying to other people's facts right!!!
+LLHT your welcome :) and LOL
Belgium:
Primary: Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6(usually graduating at age 12)
Secondary: Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6(Usually graduating at age 18)
University: depends on what you study.
Why can't all the school systems be that simple? XD
because they think we will be smarter if we go more years in the school
University can be split to bachelors and masters as well, the amount of years can vary but most commonly it’s around 2-3 years bachelor and around 2-3 years masters, for a doctors diploma you need 7 years at least I think
in england (where im from anyway) its:
nursery (3-4)
primary:
reception (4-5)
year 1 (5-6)
year 2 (6-7)
year 3 (7-8)
year 4 (8-9)
year 5 (9-10)
year 6 (10-11)
secondary:
year 7 (11-12)
year 8 (12-13)
year 9 (13-14)
year 10 (14-15)
year 11 (15-16)
sixth form/college:
year 12 (16-17)
year 13 (17-18)
and then uni: 18+
Well explained!
Everywhere else is so complicated. In Aus its just,
Primary school:
Pre-primary - Yr 6
High school:
Yr 7 - Yr 12
University.
Ireland
Junior infants
Senior infants
Primary school
1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
4th Class
5th Class
6th Class
Secondary school
1st Year
2nd Year
3rd Year(Junior Cert Exams )
4th Year
5th Year
6th Year(Leaving Cert exams )
Thank you!
What?!?
The Irish system is great but I don't like the new grading system
ENGLISH&WELSH SYSTEM: as of 2019-2020 academic year.
*P-R-I-M-A-R-Y S-C-H-O-O-L*
*~Key Stage 1~*
Nursery (3&4): September 1 2015-August 31 2016
Reception(4&5): September 1 2014-August 31 2015
Year 1(5&6): September 1 2013-August 31 2014
Year 2(6&7): September 1 2012-August 31 2013
*~Key Stage 2~*
Year 3(7&8): September 1 2011-August 31 2012
Year 4(8&9): September 1 2010-August 31 2011
Year 5(9&10): September 1 2009-August 31 2010
Year 6(10&11): September 1 2008-August 31 2009
*S-E-C-O-N-D-A-R-Y S-C-H-O-O-L*
*~Key Stage 3~*
Year 7(11&12): September 1 2007-August 31 2008
Year 8(12&13): September 1 2006-August 31 2007
Year 9(13&14): September 1 2005-August 31 2006
*~Key Stage 4~*
Year 10(14&15): September 1 2004-August 31 2005
Year 11(15&16): September 1 2003-August 31 2004
*SIXTH FORM/COLLEGE*
*~Key Stage 5~*
Year 12(16&17): September 1 2002-August 31 2003
Year 13(17&18): September 1 2001-August 31 2002
*Note*: if you fail an A-Level in sixth form , you can retake Year 13 and so you enter University a year later.
*U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Y*
~Undergraduate Years~
1st year(18&19) : September 1 2000 - August 31 2001
2nd year(19&20) : September 1 1999 - August 31 2000
3rd year(20&21) : September 1 1998 - August 31 1999
Etc etc etc...
I'm born in March 2006 , can you guess which year group and Key Stage I am in??
In Ireland this is how it follows:
(Pre-school 3-4 some kids may start at the age of 2 or 5 though.)
(Primary school)
Junior infants (4-5)
Senior infants (5-6)
1st class (6-7)
2nd class (7-8)
3rd class (8-9)
4th class (9-10)
5th class (10-11)
6th class (11-12)
(Secondary School)
1st year (12-13)
2nd year (13-14)
3rd year (14-15)
4th year or transition year (15-16)
5th year (16-17)
6th year (17-18)
Then college/university from usually 18+ but this is optional !! Also the ages on this list are average and some kids may be a year above and below. For example my big brother started pre-school at 2 years old but most kids start at 3 or 4. Just to clarify 😊
Ireland School System:
(If anyone is interested)
Play-School/Pre-School: 3 or 4 yrs old.
Primary School:
Junior Infants: 4 or 5 yrs old.
Senior Infants: 6 yrs old.
1st Class: 7 yrs old.
2nd Class: 8 yrs old.
3rd Class: 9 yrs old.
4th Class: 10 yrs old.
5th Class: 11 yrs old.
6th Class: 12 yrs old.
And then after 6th Class, you go into Secondary School.
Secondary School:
1st Year: 12 or 13 yrs old.
2nd year: 14 yrs old.
3rd Year/Junior Cert: 15 yrs old.
Transition Year A.K.A TY (you can skip TY if you want to): 16 yrs old.
5th Year: 16 or 17 yrs old.
6th Year/Leaving Cert: 17 or 18 yrs old.
After Secondary School it's College/University.
Please can someone explain semesters to me. When do they start, how many there are etc. Also, do students pick different subjects per semester to study?
In czech republic (czechia) we have it much easier, elementary school 1 - 9, highschool 10 - 14 and college depends on the school
The Netherlands:
Basisschool (mandatory):
8 years for 4-12 year olds
Middelbare school (mandatory):
4, 5 or 6 years for 12-16/17/18 year olds depending on the level you choose. vmbo = 4 years, havo = 5 years, vwo = 6 years. (vwo is the most difficult)
Hogere beroepsopleiding (not mandatory):
MBO (after vmbo), HBO (after havo) or Universiteit (after vwo)
I love in Moldova
I am in university right now and we have to tell about how American school works
Thank you so much! This was so helpful
Well I'm irish, and the school system is as follows: (Brackets: Average Age)
Preschool (2-4)
Primary School:
Junior Infants (5)
Senior Infants (6)
1st Class (7)
2nd Class (8)
3rd Class 9)
4th Class (10)
5th Class (11)
6th Class (12)
Secondary School:
1st Year (13)
2nd Year (14)
3rd Year (15)
Transition Year (16 (May be skipped depending on your school))
5th Year (16/17)
6th Year (17/18)
College (18+)
Sorry if I got anything wrong but I'm pretty sure that covers it 😁
haha,,,great introduction of the U.S. school system....now i've got a clear picture about it...perfect thanks...
In Quebec, Canada its very easy:
*Primary School:*
1st Grade (5-6 years old)
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
*Secondary School:*
1st (12-13 years old)
2nd
3rd
4th
5th (finish at around 17 years old)
Then Choose depending the Job/Salary you're looking for:
// *Profesionnal Diploma* (Specific/Normal job) (About 1 - 2 years) - _Great choice if you hate school_ - *$*
or
// *CEGEP* (about 3 years) - *$$*
or
// *CEGEP + University* (around 4 to 6 years) - _Good choice if you love school_ - *$$$*
Malaysian system:
Primary School ( 7 - 12 years old )
Year 1 - 6
We have a major exam called Primary School Assessment Exam and we'll get a certificate that'll be used for High School.
High School: ( 13 - 17 years old )
1st - 3rd Form
We have 3rd Form Assessment that can be used to enroll to boarding schools or technical colleges.
4th - 5th Form
If you chose to continue at the same high school, you will have only one major exam. Students will graduate with Malaysian Education Certificate.
It's almost the same I think?
Thank you for your brief and clear explanation, Sir :D In my country, Indonesia, we have senior high school and vocational high school. Both are in the same age range. The difference between them is that the students of vocational high school are prepared to be an enterpreneur or to work in any kind of job based on their specific skill. What about "vocational high school" in America?
dwi purwaningsih this can happen is different ways here in the United States because there are ways you can do this in highschool (9-12) or in university as well. Most high schools have some form of electives that you can take in order to find things that interest you. For example this can include wood shop class where you learn how to build thing in a wood shop, astronomy classes, business entrepreneur classes, and whatever else your school offered as it varies from school to school ( I know a school that teaches you how to scuba dive). However that is also what most people go to university to do becuase that is where you take courses that are way more specialized and focused around learning about a specific area of interest and industry. After usually about 4 years people get their undergraduate degree whatever field and they can go further and study for a few more years and get masters degrees.
Thank you so much for your help! Wish you had talked a little bit more about majors and minors because this is still confusing for me but this system is kinda similar to the brazilian one. Thanks!
In New Zealand, it's:
Preschool:
2-4 year olds
Early years:
Year 1-(5-6)
Year 2-(6-7)
Primary School:
Year 3-(7-8)
Year 4-(8-9)
Year 5-(9-10)
Year 6-(10-11)
Intermediate:
Year 7-(11-12)
Year 8-(12-13)
High school:
Year 9-(13-14)
Year 10-(14-15)
Year 11-(15-16)
Year 12-(16-17)
Year 13-(17-18)
After that you start university.
In Italy we have
•Kindergarten: ages 3-5
(Some people start at the age of 1)
•Primary school
-1th= 6 years old
-2th=7
-3th=8
-4th=9
-5th=10
•First grade of Secondary School
-1th=11
-2th=12
-3th=13 (at this year people have an exam)
•Second grade of Secondary School
1th=14
2th=15
3th=16
4th=17
5th=18 (and we have exams to get the certificate of secondary school; in certain schools you can start to work with this certificate)
•University (there isn’t a specific duration, it depends on what you’re studying but usually around 4-5 years and after them you get a degree)
If you want to, after university you can get a sort of specialisation
What are the age's of the children in each class ? Im from the Netherlands and i'd would like to know 👍🏼
+xIproJoltGamez Raven The ages are the same unless a student was held back a year for failing or a student skipped a year ahead.
+SimSweetiePie alright thank you :)
kindergarten: 5-6, 1st grade: 6-7, 2nd grade: 7-8, 3rd grade: 8-9, 4rth grade: 9-10, 5th grade: 10-11, 6th grade: 11-12, 7th grade: 12-13, 8th grade: 13-14, 9th grade: 14-15, 10th grade: 15-16, 11th grade: 16-17, 12th grade: 17-18.
Kindergarten is 5-6
1st grade 6-7
2nd grade 7-8
3rd grade 8-9
4th grade 9-10
5th grade (Intermediant School) 10-11
6th grade (Intermediant School) 11-12
7th grade (Middle School) 12-13
8th grade (Middle School) 13-14
9th grade (Freshmen, HS) 14-15 (most students get a permit it drive with a 21+ driver present!)
10th grade (Sophomore, HS) 15-16 (most kids get a car and drive to school and places since you can drive alone at 16 when you get a license!)
11th grade (Junior, HS) 16-17 (The most stressful year for students!)
12th grade (Senior, HS) 17-18 (18 is a adult here! And most kids relax this year and enjoy their last year!)
Typically Freshmen-Seniors are in the same school, and new students come and leave each year! But it isn’t too horrible because we have many options to pick from in languages, arts, music, literature, college life, ect. Like painting or sculpting, or marching band or choir! Or French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Ect. For language and cooking classes and how to survive college Ect. It isn’t the best but it isn’t the worse either!
Hope this helped!
DayCare - 2-3
Pre K- 3-4
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Kindergarten- 4-5
1st Grade - 5-6
2nd Grade - 6-7
3rd Grade - 7-8
4th Grade - 8, 9, 10
INTERMEDIANT SCHOOL
5th Grade- 11-12
6th Grade- 12-13
MIDDLE SCHOOL/ JUNIOR HIGH
7th Grade - 13-14
8th Grade - 14-15
HIGH SCHOOL
9th Grade (Freshmen) 15-16
10th Grade (Sophomore) 16-17
11th Grade (Junior) 17-18
12th Grade (Senior) 18-19
Hope this helped ~💜
Great explination 1 question
can you go from high school to university without finishing your city college ?
The city or community college how we call it where I’m from, is not necessary, a lot of people who do go to college/university just go to a four year school like Harvard, university of Illinois, Stanford, and other schools like that. Some people decide to get basic required classes out of the way at a two year school like and English, foreign language, math, science, or any other classes that aren’t as specific. Then once they complete those they can go study and focus on more specifics areas.
@@stephennagy4017 Can one get a graduation degree from city/Technical/community college? Can one pursue Masters program from Grad school just after city college (without going to university college 4 year graduation program)?
In the Netherlands
Basisschool
Year 1 (4-5)
Year 2 (5-6)
Year 3 (6-7)
Year 4 (7-8)
Year 5 (8-9)
Year 6 (9-10)
Year 7 (10-11)
Year 8 (11-12)
"High school"
middelbare school
From here on you start again at 1
Year 1 (12-13)
Year 2 (13-14)
Year 3 (14-15)
Year 4 (15-16)
MBO
(Year 5 (16-17)
HBO
(Year 6 (17-18)
University
In the UK.
1-4 Nursery
4-11 Primary (Maybe Academies)
11-16 Secondary (Academies)
16-18 Collage.
18-21 University.
Simple.
Wait so College is University? Im confused
7:06 "I am a genius!"
"UK education system is too confusing :-("
UK:
Nursery - 3-4 years old
Reception -4-5 years old
PRIMARY SCHOOL:
Year 1: 5-6 yr old
Year2: 6-7 yo
Year 3:7-8
Year 4: 8-9
Year 5: 9-10
Year 6:10-11
High school/secondary school:
Year 7: 11-12
Year8: 12-13
Year 9: 13-14
Year 10: 14-15
Year 11: 15-16
COLLEGE/SIXTH FORM (now mandatory for students to stay in education after high school is finished either in a college or doing an apprenticeship etc)
Year 12/ First year: 16-17
Year 13/second year: 17-18
UNIVERSITY (optional and the ages are only right if you followed the system with no gap years etc):
First year: 18-19
Second year: 19-20
Third year: 20-21
At least that’s how it is in the North west of England.
I'm from Guatemala and the system is:
Preschool:
Nursery (2-3)
Prekinder 1 (3-4)
Prekinder 2 (4-5)
Kinder (5-6)
Preparatory (6-7)
Elemtary:
1st grade (7-8)
2nd grade (8-9)
3rd grade (9-10)
4th grade (10-11)
5th grade (11-12)
6th grade (12-13)
High School:
7th grade (13-14)
8th grade (14-15)
9th grade (15-16)
College:
Depending what you choose to study there are:
Bachelor's degree:
10th grade (16-17)
11th grade (17-18)
Others degrees:
10th grade (16-17)
11th grade (17-18)
12th grade (18-19)
University:
It varies a lot depending what do you want to study.
This is so confusing for me in Britain. See in britain we heve: primary school, reception to year six which looks like
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
Then you have high school starting at year seven to year eleven
7
8
9
10
11
Then you have college years twelve and thirteen
12
13
And you stay in high school till the age of 18. In england, high school you leave at the age of 16. Plus we begin pre school (kindergarten) at the age of 3 and end at 4 you start primary school at the age of 4-5
oh man i Lost my system of dawn. i rather enjoy "orange high schooL" on the near by future.
In Lithuania:
Education required by law from 7 until 16 years old.
Daycare/Kindergarten (optional) from few months old until 7 years old.
Preschool (optional) 6 years old.
Elementary school (from grade 1 to 4) 7 to 11 years old.
Middle school (from grade 5-8) 11 to 15 years old.
High school (from grade 9-12) 15-19 years old.
Optional from either 9th or 10th grades you can go to a polytechnic school to train to become a factory employee, mostly criminals and mentally sick go there.
in Slovenia, Europe we have:
primary school:
grade: year
1: 6/7
2: 7/8
3: 8/9
4: 9/10
5: 10/11
6: 11/12
7: 12/13
8: 13/14
9: 14/15
high school:
1: 15/16
2: 16/17
3: 17/18
4: 18/19
universety (or as you call it college)
Shane, what's the difference between "fee", "salary", "wage" and "a pay" in USA?
Михаил Калита A great question^^ I will make a video for this question today!
Here in Norway 7th grade is in elementary school!
MlgMelon :0. Wow
MlgMelon that's how it works in Britain technically. Year 6 in Britain is equivalent with grade 7 in America in terms of age and we have that in primary
MlgMelon In Austria too
@@frodododo no year 6 is equivalent to 5th grade not 7th grade.
Primary:
Reception.
Year1
Year2
Year3
Year4
Year5
Year6
Secondary
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
Year12
Year13
University:
1st Year
2nd Year
3rd Year
Key Stage 1: Reception, Year 1 and Year 2
Key Stage 2: Year 3, Year 4, year 5 and year 6
Key stage 3: Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Key stage 4: Year 10 Year 11
Sixth form Year 12 Year 13 (optional) can do apprenticeship or college
University ( optional) 1 2 and 3
MASTERS ( optional )
Hope that sums British school up for you it only gets complicated when you get to sixth form because there are lots of different options afterr that point.
In Germany it is just Kindergarten (age 3 or 4 - 5 or 6) elementry school (grade 1-4) and ''high'' school (grade 5-12 or 13 it depends on what kind of school you go to)
I hope you don't mind me asking, but would you call me crazy if I compared Jr High to a Communist Dictatorship?
Quick explanation of uk schooling: in its utterly basics form
Primary school
- you leave in year 6 (eleven yrs)
- you take ‘SAT’ exams in literacy and numeracy
- these dictate your target grades for the end of secondary school
Secondary school
- you take most subjects that they offer for the first half
- by yr nine (14 yrs) you pick your subjects
- you HAVE to take maths, english, and science
- you can usually pick up to 3 more but the limit varies from school to school
- at yr 11 (16yrs) you take REAL exams called GCSES.
- every other exam usually doesn’t count for anything, and Is a mock. We don’t take exams that count for anything every year
- we are not allowed any cheat sheets in the exam
- they are NOT just multiple choice questions
- they are graded from 1-9 (9 being highest)
In Malaysia we follow the UK system( i think im not sure)
Kindergarden: 3 to 6
Primary: 7 to 12
Year 1
Year 2
Year3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Secondary: 13 to 18
Secondary(year you are in)
UNIVERSITY r what some call College
Where i'm from it's easier.
You start in school at 6 years old in 0th grade.
School is 0-9th grade, if you fail your finale exam, you also get a 10th grade.
Then (i think)
After your exam you can choose between having: Language, Math or Trade school.
Here you spend 3 years.
Depending on which school you choose, you can now choose between 'special' schools.
Here you need to spend a couple more years, and then you are ready for a job.
(idk what the schools are called in English)
in Ireland you go to primary school for 8 years (junior infants, senior infants, 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th)
After that, you got to secondary school, for 6 years (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th). In 3rd year and 6th year we have big exams
In Sweden it is:
Förskolan (preschool)
Lågstadiet (”low” school): ettan (1), tvåan (2), trean (3).
Mellanstadiet (middle school): fyran (4), femman (5), sexan (6)
Högstadiet (high school): sjuan (7), åttan (8), nian (9)
Gymnasiet (I guess that it is like american high school): ettan (1), tvåan (2), trean (3); you can learn a profession or prepare for högskola/universitet
Högskola/universitet (college/university, yeah, högskola translated to english is literally ”high school”, just go with it :P): here you can learn a profession, many programmes are 3 years kandidat (candidate) + 2 years master (masters). The longest programme is med school (6 years). You can also study to get a licenciatexamen or doktorexamen (do not confuse the latter with ”medical doctor”)
In India 1-5 is primary, 6-8 is junior high school and 9-12 is senior high school. The preschool is for children between 3-6 and ya it's half day as you said
I am South African. Here we attend pre-primary (grade R Reception year age 5 turning 6). Then enter Foundation phase primary school (grade 1 to 3 ages 7 till 9), next Intermediate and Senior primary (grades 4 to 7 ages 10 till 13).
Leave primary school to start High school, grades 8 to 12 (matric) ages 14 till 18, where you eventually Matriculate (no graduation/diploma ceremonies). Receive your matric certificate then apply to university (must have a B (allowed to study towards a bachelor's degree) pass
or D (allowed to study towards a diploma) pass after final matric exam). Apply to college if you passed matric with D pass or H pass for a course towards getting higher certificate.
this may be the most aggressive educational video i have seen
Belgium:
kindergarten: 2,5-6 years old
primary school: 7-12 years old
secondary school: 13-18 years old
then: university or what we call high school, but that's just university but a bit more easy, the amount of years you study depends on what you study
For the people in the US or anywhere’s else that still dont get the UK system here it is in a simple way
nursery - 3 to 4 year olds
Infant school - reception - 4-5 year olds
Year 1 - 5-6 year olds
Year 2 - 6-7 year olds
Primary school:
year 3 - 7-8 year olds
year 4 - 8-9 year olds
year 5 - 9-10 year olds
year 6 - 10-11 year olds
Secondary school:
Year 7 - 11-12 year olds
Year 8 - 12-13 year olds
Year 9 - 13-14 year olds
Year 10 - 14-15 year olds
Year 11 15-16 year olds
College:
Year 1 - 16-17 year olds
Year 2 - 17-18 year olds
Thats it. Also each new school year starts in September to july, so if you were born in august you would be in the year above, if u were born in September then u would be in the year below
Though I understand it and I know the years, for me it doesn't makes sense. Here in Sweden our system is like this:
Kindergarden:
age 1 to 6
at age 6 you start Primary/Elementary school (1st grade)
Primary/Elementary shool:
(it's just 1st to 9th grade, but you can divide it if you want to)
1st, 2nd and 3rd grade is: low stage
4th, 5th and 6th grade is: middle stage
7th, 8th and 9th grade is: high stage
High School:
1st, 2nd and 3rd year
(after 3rd year you graduate at age 18/19)
You can get your drivers license at age 18
College/University
year 1 to 5 (depending on the course, some courses are only 2 years, some are 3 years, some are 4 and some are 5)
after that you get you degree.
College/University is optional.
I don’t want to be crazy anymore. An explanation is what I need.
Here in Philippines we have a very simple School System :
Elementary : 1 - 6th Grade
Junior High : 7 - 10th Grade
Senior High : 11 - 12th Grade
College ---------
Hah! In India, these kind of stuffs don't follow
We just have class like class 2,class 3 and so on. And the age limits are same as in America
No wonder in American movies the High schoolers use cars, we only get drivers license when we turn 18
Depending which state and district you can have Elementary school which is : Kindergarden-5th grade. Middle school:6th-8th grade and Highschool :9th-12th grade. University is optional but it's very helpful to have a college degree to get a good paying job.
2 year at college is an associate degree.
4 years is a bachelor(which is what most people get)
6 years is a masters
And anymore than 6+ is a doctorate degree.(M.D,Ph.D,ect.)
And in the US, typically 6th graders go to middle school as well
In Australia 🇦🇺 it’s
Primary school: Kindergarten, Year 1,2,3,4,5,6
High School: Year 7,8,9,10,11,12
So much more simple!
Uk
Nursery
Reception
Primary:
Year 1 - year 6
Secondary:
Year 7 - year 11 leave at 16
College for 2-3 years but we don’t live there like in dorms or anything that’s university which is after college
I always got confused when watching vlogs of people moving to college
In Vietnam, we have primary ( from class 1 to 5 ) ; secondary ( from class 6 to 9 ) ; Highschool ( from class 10 to 12 ) and unniversity. We go to primary school when WE ARE 6 YEARS OLD
In Egypt it is:
Preschool: ... : 3 years old
Kindergarden: 4 : 5 years old
KG.1 & KG.2
Primary school: 6 : 11 years old
1st grade
2nd grade
3th grade
4th grade
5th grade
6th grade
Middle school: 12 : 14 years old
1st grade
2nd grade
3th grade
High school: 15 : 17 years old
1st grade
2nd grade
3th grade
University (which contains different faculties. Usually they have four-year programs -except for the scientific faculties, they vary form 5-7-year programs- There are different high school and some students can get a diploma after finishing it and start working after, but it is not the popular mind to do so here)
1st year
2nd year
3th year
4th year ...
We also have colleges, they have two-year programs and usually is after high school. Then if the student wants, he/she can attend the university as well.
Also we have the technical college and what is alike, and they have from 2-4 year programs depends on the college and the study.
We cannot graduate from university before attends all the years on the program. But nowadays they are trying to update to hours system and maybe the new students could finish it faster if they want.
The most important part for most of us, is the senior year of high school. Because the grades the students got, define where they could go and which university/faculty they can attend.
That's it. How about yours?
in the philippines, we have
nursery (3-4 year olds)
pre-kindergarten
kindergarten
ELEMENTARY: gr. 1,2,3,4,5,6
HIGH SCHOOL: 7,8,9,10,11,12
then college.
*In Australia this is what we have*
*Primary School*
Prep/Foundation - Age: 5-6
Grade 1 - Age: 6-7
Grade 2 - Age: 7-8
Grade 3 - Age: 8-9
Grade 4 - Age: 9-10
Grade 5- Age: 10-11
Grade 6- Age: 11-12
*Highschool/Secondary School*
Grade 7 - Age: 12-13
Grade 8 - Age: 13-14
Grade 9 - Age: 14-15
Grade 10 - Age: 15-16
Grade 11 - Age: 16-17
Grade 12 - Age: 17-18
*It’s pretty simple and kind of like America, just no Junior Highschool and that there is Prep/Foundation*
*Random facts about australian schools*
Most, if not all students have to wear uniform
We have to wear hats like bucket hats in Semester 1 and 4 when going out for recess and lunch
We have a 2 week holiday after Semester 1, 2 and 3
We have a 5 week holiday after Semester 4
Most Primary Schools start at 9:00
Most Highschools/Secondary Schools start at 8:30
Most Primary Schools end at 3:30
Most Highschools/Secondary Schools end at 3:10
Most Primary Schools are 6 hours and 30 minutes long
Most Highschools/Secondary Schools are 6 hours and 40 minutes long