Education in Spain
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| Minister | Iñigo Méndez de Vigo |
|---|---|
| Primary languages | Spanish alongside co-official languages within respective regions, including Catalan, Basque and Galician |
| System type | Democratic Constitutional Monarchy (check for accuracy) |
| Total | 98.1 |
| Male | 98.8 |
| Female | 97.4 |
| Total | 5,917,074 |
| Primary | 2,479,631 |
| Secondary | 1,871,430 |
| Post secondary | 1,566,013 |
| Secondary diploma | 45.4% |
| Post-secondary diploma | 38.1% |
Education in Spain is regulated by the Ley Orgánica de Educación (LOE, Organic Law of Education) that expands upon Article 27 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Education is compulsory and free for all children aged between 6 and 16 years, and is supported by the national government together with the governments of each of the country's 17 autonomous communities.
Once students have finished their Bachillerato, they can take their University Entrance Exam (Pruebas de Acceso a la Universidad, popularly called Selectividad) which differs greatly from region to region. The compulsory stage of secondary education is normally referred to by its initials: ESO (Educación Secundaria Obligatoria).
Structured as three year cycles:
Consists of 4 years, structured as two cycles since the Organic Law for improvement of quality of education of 2013 (LOMCE, Ley orgánica para la mejora de la calidad educativa):
The second cycle contains two options: one geared towards the Spanish Baccalaureate, and the other towards vocational training.
Spanish Bachillerato is the post-16 stage of education, comparable to the A Levels/Higher (Scottish) in the UK, the French Baccalaureate in France or the International Baccalaureate.
There are two parts, a core curriculum with the compulsory subjects, and a specialist part with a few pre-selected branches to choose from. The core curriculum is as follows:
The specialist part has up to four subjects (depending on the branch taken).
At undergraduate level, some degrees have their own branch requirements (such as medicine, engineering degrees, law...) and some courses accept students from any branch, such as Language studies, Social Work, Educational Sciences or Tourism.
The Spanish School Leaving Certificate (ESO) is equivalent to a number of GCSEs, Junior Cert (in Ireland) or Standard Grades (in Scotland).
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