This document defines and describes different types of education. It begins by defining education as the transfer of knowledge, skills, and habits from one generation to the next through teaching, training, or research. It then outlines three main types of education: formal education which involves institutional schooling according to a set curriculum; informal education which includes self-guided learning from books and communication; and non-formal education which takes place in structured learning environments but is not part of a formal curriculum. The document then provides more details on the stages of formal education, including nursery/preschool, primary, secondary, and higher education.

1. Education
By Colegio Modelo Lomas, Buenos Aires 2013

2. What is
“EDUCATION”?
• Education in its general sense is a form of
learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits
of a group of people are transferred from one
generation to the next through teaching, training,
or research. Education frequently takes place
under the guidance of others, but may also be
autodidactic. Any experience that has a formative
effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may
be considered educational.
“We all know about education because we
all live the education”

3. Types of education:
• Formal education
• Informal education
• Non-formal education

4. Formal education
• Systems of schooling involve
institutionalized teaching and
learning in relation to a curriculum,
which itself is established according
to a predetermined purpose of the
schools in the system. The curriculum
is a state law to ensure equal
education for all.
• This form of education is also
referred to as main stream or
traditional education. Beginning with
nursery education and is followed by
primary and secondary school and
finishing with higher education.

5. Nursery education
• Also known as elementary or
preschool education, nursery
education is the first step towards
gaining formal education. It includes
nursery school and kindergarten.
This stage marks the stepping of
the child from the comforts of a
home to the world outside. Nursery
education is usually given to children
between this age of 3 and 5 years.

6. Nursery Education

7. Primary education
• After nursery education, a child
is exposed to primary education
where he establishes his
foundation on various
subjects, like
mathematics, science, social
sciences and language. The age
of primary education and the
subjects taught differ from on
country to another.

9. Secondary education
• Secondary education is the final
stage that a child undergoes in a
school during his adolescence. The
education format transforms from
a comprehensive primary education
to optional and specialized training
subjects. The purpose of
secundary education can be to give
common knowledge, to prepare for
higher education or to train
directly in a profession.

11. Higher education
• Schooling gets over with
secondary education and a student
now enrolls himself in an
undergraduate and post graduate
college or university to receive
the highest level of education in
his subjects of specialization. Also
known as tertiary education,
higher education is a noncompulsory level of education.

13. Informal education
• Informal education includes
educating one through informal
communication and reading books.
In general, informal education is
edifying someone outside the
basic form of education, that is,
in schools, and without the use of
any learning methods.

14. Non-formal education
• Non-formal learning is a distinction in
learning between formal and informal
learning. It is learning that occurs in a
formal learning environment, but that
is not formally recognised. It typically
involves workshops, community
courses, interest based courses,
short courses, or conference style
seminars. The learning takes place in a
formal setting such as an educational
organisation, but is not formally
recognised within a curriculum or
syllabus framework.