2. Education in Catalonia
Free from the age of 3 to16
and compulsory from 6 to 16
Tuition is mostly in Catalan but children complete their compulsory
education with the mastering of both Spanish and Catalan and an
adequate level of at least one foreign language.
Equality of opportunities and social integration are the guidelines of
Catalan Education
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3. Organization
0 to 3 Nursery School 12 Post-
to Compulsory
16 Schooling
3 to 6 Infant Education
Batxillerat
6 Primary Education = A-Levels
to (compulsory)
12
12 Compulsory
to Secondary
16 Education
4. School Calendar
From September to June – divided into 3 terms:
1st term : from September to Christmas Holidays (15 days)
2nd term: from January to Easter Holidays (10 days)
3rd term: from Easter Holidays to the end of June
Summer Holidays include July and August and the first week of September
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5. Basically, 5 different kinds of schools
Nursery schools
Primary schools 9 levels - 3 Infant Education
- 6 Primary Education
Secondary schools 4 levels – (SIN)
Comprehensive Schools (Infant + Primary + SecondaryEducation )
(Institut Escola)
High Schools (Institut) 4 levels of Secondary Education
2 levels of Batxillerat (A-levels)
2 levels of different specialities of Professional
Schooling (Middle Grade) CFPGM
2 levels of different specialities of Professional
Schooling (Upper Grade) CFPGS
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6. From 0 to 12
Nursery schools Primary schools
From 4 months to 3 years, 9 levels:
we find them in most little villages - 3 years for Infant Education
P3, P4 & P5
- 6 years Primary Education.
In many villages where there are at
least 6 children. (Cyclic schools)
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7. From 12 to 16
Secondary schools (SIN)
4 levels ESO (Educació Secundària Obligatòria)
Secondary Compulsory Education :
Once completed these 4 years, students
get the Certificate of Graduate in ESO.
(A kind of GCE- O Level)
In some schools they start a 2nd Foreign Language
In the 4th year they do a Group Research Work - worth
10% of their grades.
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8. From 3 to 16
Institut Escola
Infant
+ Primary Kind of Comprehensive Schools
+ Secondary Education Mostly found :
in big villages, where there are students
enough (30/40), in the 6th year of
Primary Education, to ensure at least
one group per level of Secondary
Education.
in towns where there has been a recent
need for schooling.
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9. From 12 to 18 or more
High Schools They offer:
(Institut) 4 years of Secondary Education
only found in towns giving access to
2 years more of post- compulsory Education
in most of them both
either or
2 levels of Batxillerat 2 levels of different
(A-levels) specialities of
giving them access to Professional Schooling
University or (Middle Grade) CFPGM
2 levels of different specialities of
Professional Schooling (Upper Grade)
CFPGS
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11. Adult Education
Catalan – for newcomers
Spanish – for foreigners
Foreign Languages (EOI – Escola Oficial d’Idiomes
/Official State School for Languages)
Basic Tuition in Mathematics and Language
ESO for Adults- preparation to the equivalent of “GCE”/
Certificate of Graduation in Secondary Education
Preparation to the different Access Exams (either
University or Upper Grade Professional Schooling)
Informatics
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