I. Primary education
Spain's education system is 65,438+00 years of compulsory education (6-65,438+06 years old), of which primary schools are free and compulsory for six years (6-65,438+02 years old). The main purpose is to provide children with a good education, improve their personal quality and self-cognitive ability, learn basic social skills, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, calculating and social communication skills, and cultivate good study habits, aesthetic ability and creativity. There is no so-called examination system in Spanish primary schools, and they are evaluated by their usual classroom performance and daily homework. The subjects offered in primary schools are: Spanish and literature (Catalan and Aramaic are also offered), foreign languages (English), nature, society, culture, fine arts, sports, mathematics, civic education and human rights, and religion (Catholicism, voluntary).
There are three types of primary schools in Spain:
1. Public primary schools are free of tuition, with only a small amount of tuition and miscellaneous fees, about tens of euros.
2. Private primary schools sponsored by the government can also be understood as semi-public and semi-private. Due to the limited number of places in public primary schools, the government subsidizes some private schools so that some children can go to school for free. Those students who do not occupy public places have to pay their own tuition fees to enter such schools, and the tuition fees are no different from those of private schools.
3. All private primary schools have a monthly tuition fee of 500-800 Euros.
Second, secondary education.
Spain's junior high school implements four-year compulsory education (12- 16 years old), and middle school education pays attention to literacy in humanities, art and science and technology; Develop and consolidate study and work habits. Class time is one hour longer than that in primary school. Spanish high schools only study for two years (16- 18 years old), which is no longer compulsory education. Schools are divided into three development directions, among which the general courses are the same, and different types of schools have classified disciplines a) liberal arts b) science and engineering c) humanities and social sciences.
The so-called high school is actually the preparatory class of the university, because after graduating from junior high school, if students are not prepared to enter the university, or their academic performance is poor, it is estimated that they will not enter the university, they can choose to study in a junior college and prepare for pre-job training. The academic performance of high school is very important, because the academic performance of high school is usually included in the college entrance examination, accounting for 70% of the college entrance examination results. Therefore, Spanish students are not as nervous about the college entrance examination as China, nor as determined about life as China. Spanish high school students pay more attention to their usual grades. The high school private school costs about 400 Euros/month, and the high school international private school costs about 700 Euros/month.
Third, university education.
Spanish universities are 70% public universities and enjoy tuition-free education. Although students are required to pay the registration fee every academic year (500-700 euros per year, it is said that the price has increased this year, and the specific amount has not been announced), the credit fee is (7-25) euros ×60 credits ×4 years. The tuition fee of private universities is relatively high, nearly 3,000-9,000 euros per academic year, and you can apply for multiple scholarships. However, compared with the annual tuition fee of 15000-25000 in Britain, Spain still has great advantages in education expenditure.
Students who have graduated from high schools in China and passed the college entrance examination can directly apply to enter any Spanish university through UNED (National Distance Education University) (of course, the relevant diplomas and certificates need to be translated and certified by the embassy). And redeem points in UNED college entrance examination scores).
Make-up credits: I have received university education in China, but not all the courses I have taken are recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education. So I need to make up some courses that are not recognized by the university and complete the master's course before I can get my master's degree. In the doctoral program of Spanish universities, students who have completed their master's degrees abroad are allowed to study doctoral programs, but they still need to apply for academic certification. With the approval of the Ministry of Education in the west, they can register doctoral programs in universities and complete the subjects specified in the special research. It usually takes two years, and after passing the exam, you can submit a thesis and get a doctorate from the university.