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Emphasis is put on small class sizes in Ellese. No class can have more than 20 students, whether in primary or high school. | Emphasis is put on small class sizes in Ellese. No class can have more than 20 students, whether in primary or high school. | ||
System of Formal Education (Compulsory): | |||
Primary School (from roughly ages 6-11) | |||
This is where children learn about the basics: how to read, how to write, how to do numeracy etc. | |||
Junior High School (from roughly ages 12-14) | |||
This is where students will learn more advanced/complex stuff than that which they learn in primary school. There will also be a wider subject choice here and more focus will be put on critical thinking. | |||
Senior High School (from roughly ages 15-17) which is divided into: | |||
-Vocational Schools | |||
These are schools where people can get certificates in certain practical skills which enable them to then get a job in that field after graduating. Around 30% of kids go to these. | |||
-General Schools | |||
These are more general schools for people who want to get more mid-level jobs which require either diplomas or first-level university degrees. It is generally the school people who do not know what their aspirations are. About 45% of kids go to these. | |||
-Schools for the Arts/Humanities/Sciences | |||
These are schools for students which are academic and ambitious (in the case of the humanities and sciences-focused schools) or have a particular, creative, passion. Students who want to be go into fields which require higher than first-level university degrees will go here. About 25% of students go here. | |||
Students will sit a number of tests at the end of Junior High School which will partially determine what type of Senior High School they go to. Their interests and aspirations will be the other thing which decides their path. | |||
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Emphasis is put on small class sizes in Ellese. No class can have more than 20 students, whether in primary or high school.
System of Formal Education (Compulsory):
Primary School (from roughly ages 6-11) This is where children learn about the basics: how to read, how to write, how to do numeracy etc.
Junior High School (from roughly ages 12-14) This is where students will learn more advanced/complex stuff than that which they learn in primary school. There will also be a wider subject choice here and more focus will be put on critical thinking.
Senior High School (from roughly ages 15-17) which is divided into: -Vocational Schools These are schools where people can get certificates in certain practical skills which enable them to then get a job in that field after graduating. Around 30% of kids go to these. -General Schools These are more general schools for people who want to get more mid-level jobs which require either diplomas or first-level university degrees. It is generally the school people who do not know what their aspirations are. About 45% of kids go to these. -Schools for the Arts/Humanities/Sciences These are schools for students which are academic and ambitious (in the case of the humanities and sciences-focused schools) or have a particular, creative, passion. Students who want to be go into fields which require higher than first-level university degrees will go here. About 25% of students go here.
Students will sit a number of tests at the end of Junior High School which will partially determine what type of Senior High School they go to. Their interests and aspirations will be the other thing which decides their path.