A Closer Look on the Educational System of the Selected Countries of the World

1. Detailed Lesson Plan in Ed 12 (MWF 3:00-4:00 PM)
Prepared by: Orito, Rosalie
Moreno, Leiza
Ramirez, Elvie
Gabuya, Tyrone
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, 85% of the students should be able to:
a. differentiate the educational system of the eight countries (Australia,
China, Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America,
New Zealand, and Philippines)
b. evaluate the educational system of the eight countries
c. discuss the basic and higher education of the selected countries ().
II. Subject Matter
Topic: A Closer Look on the Educational System of the Selected Countries of the
World
References: The Teaching Profession by Purita P. Bilbao, et.al. pp. 117-135
Values: Awareness and Cooperation
III. Materials
Video Clips
IV. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity
A. Preparation
Good afternoon class.
Are you all ready for our next
lesson?
Show me that you’re ready, sit up
straight.
B. Motivation
“Benchmarking is learning the
best from the best practices of the
world's best educational systems.”
C. Presentation
Our lesson for today is about “A
Closer on the Educational System of
the Selected Countries of the
World”.
D. Lesson Proper
I have here handouts to be given
to all of you. You can refer to these
Student’s Activity
Good afternoon ma’am.
Yes ma’am.

2. handouts during the discussion.
Now, let’s discuss the
educational system of the first
country which is Australia. Everon,
what can you say about the
educational system of Australia?
Okay good. So in some way,
Australia and Philippine educational
system are the same right?
The next country is China. Frail,
how will you describe the
educational system of China?
Okay good. So now let’s move
on to the next country which is
Japan. Jean, how will you describe
the educational system of Japan?
Very good Jean. Now let’s move
to the educational system of South
Africa. Joe, how will you describe
South Africa’s educational system?
What are these different sectors
or levels that categorizes the formal
education of South Africa? Yes Jill?
Australia’s educational system has 6
years in primary school, 6 years in high
school, and 3-6 years in college. A senior
secondary level is provided for 2 years
after the junior secondary level. Students
are from 16 to 18 years old in this level.
Senior secondary level is no longer
compulsory.
Yes ma’am.
China’s educational system includes 6
years in primary education, 3 years in
junior middle school, 3 years in senior
middle school, and 6 years in university.
Japan has 5 levels of education. First is
kindergarten. Next is 6 years in elementary
school, 3 years in lower secondary, 3 years
upper secondary school and around 4 years
in university.
Formal education in South Africa is
categorized into sectors or levels. In terms
of higher education, one school year
consists of 41 weeks, 196 school days
divided into 4 terms.
These are public ordinary school
education, independent school education,
special school education, technical college
education, teacher training, university

3. Very good. Now let’s move to
United Kingdom’s educational
system. Yes Katerina?
Okay good. So now let’s move to
the next country which is the United
States of America. Joycen, how will
you describe USA’s educational
system?
Good. Next country is New
Zealand. How will you describe the
educational system in New Zealand?
Finally, we will now move on to
our country, Philippines. So what
can you say about our current
educational system? Yes Sherwin?
Very good.
E. Enrichment Activity
Now, I will group you into four.
(Teacher groups the students.)
training for basic education.
The core subject of the national
curriculum of United Kingdom includes
English, Mathematics, and Science. They
also have different stages with the
appropriate age of a child and the grade
that the child is in. Foundation stage
covers children aged 3-5, stage 1 covers
children aged 5-7(grade 1-2), stage 2
covers children aged 7-11(grade 3-6),
stage 3 covers children aged 11-14(grade
7-9), stage 4 covers children aged 14-
16(grade 10-11), and post 16 education
that covers 16-19 years old.
United States of America’s basic
education includes primary education from
grades 1-7 that covers children aged 6-14,
middle and secondary school with junior
and senior high.
New Zealand’s schooling level includes
early childhood, primary school,
intermediate school, secondary school, and
tertiary. A university education is open to
anyone who meets the common standards
prescribed by the New Zealand
Qualifications Authority (NZQA).
The K-12 basic education in the
Philippines consist of Kindergarten, 6
years of elementary, 4 years of junior high
school, and 2 years of senior high school.

4. Now, I want you to differentiate
the educational system of the
countries that will be assigned to
your group. Group 1 will have
Australia and China, group 2 will
have Japan and South Africa, group
3 will have United Kingdom and
United States of America, and group
4 will have New Zealand and
Philippines. I will only give you 5
minutes to do that.
Time’s up. Now choose a
representative to read your answers
in front.
F. Wrap-up
To sum-up everything, the lesson
this afternoon is about looking
through the educational system of
these eight countries that have
developed basic and higher
education which helped learners be
globally competitive.
V. Evaluation
Answer the following questions.
1)
(Students answer the activity.)
(Students present their answers.)
VI. Assignment
In your book The Teaching Profession, study our next topic pages 137-145.