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Elementary
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Higher
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ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION
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- Structure:
- Depending
on the local school, students attend primary school for either five or
six years. Pre-school education, via a one-year course before the
primary education stage, is offered but not compulsory.
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- Age
of Admission:
- Age
six or seven
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- Length:
- 5-6
years
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- Programme
of Study:
- Number
of class periods in full-time primary schools
- Subject
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- Six-year
system - # of periods
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- Five-year
system - # of periods
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- Moral
Education
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- 204
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- 204
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- Language
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- 1598
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- 1598
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- Mathematics
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- 986
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- 952
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- Society
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- 204
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- 170
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- Nature
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- 272
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- 238
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- Sports
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- 544
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- 340
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- Music
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- 408
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- 340
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- Arts
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- 408
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- 340
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- Labour
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- 136
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- 102
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- Note:
the length of teaching periods, expressed in minutes, and the average
number of periods in each grade cannot be provided.
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- Assessment
and Promotion:
- Students
are assessed through examinations developed by education departments and
commissions at the provincial, autonomous region, and municipal
level.
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- Grading
Scale:
- Most
schools follow either the A-F scale found in Canada or the 1-100 scale.
- Letter
Grade
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- Numerical
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- WES
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- A
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- 90
– 100
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- A
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- B
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- 80
– 89
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- B
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- C
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- 70
– 79
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- C
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- D
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- 60
– 69
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- D
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- F
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- 0
- 59
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- Fail
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