The education structures in the Member States of the European Communities

Directorate-General For Translation European Commission

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Education policy

Sujets

• Comparative education
• Education policy
• Education
• Member state of the European Union
• Higher education
• Primary education
• Secondary education
• Eurydice

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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THE EDUCATION STRUCTURES
IN THE MEMBER STATES
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COMMISSION
OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES This document has been prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official position.
This publication is also available in the following languages:
DE ISBN 92-825-7542-X
FR ISBN 92-825-7544-6
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1987
ISBN 92-825-7543-8
Catalogue number: CB-49-87-470-EN-C
© ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1987
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is
acknowledged.
Printed in Belgium Commission of the European Communities
THE EDUCATION STRUCTURES
IN THE MEMBER STATES
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Document ■his docu.nent has oeen prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official position.
Copyright ECSC-EEC-£AEC, Brussels - Luxembourg, 1987
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the
source is acknowledged. FOREWORD
A description of the education structures in the Member States of the European
Community was initially written to meet the information needs of participants in the
Study Visits organized in the context of the Community Education Action Program­
me. It soon became clear, however, that it should be made more widely available.
The current version was written on the basis of information supplied to the EURY­
DICE European Unit by the EURYDICE National Units, and has been validated by the
competent national authorities.
All countries are dealt with in a similar way in order to facilitate comparison between
them, if desired. It should be noted that at this stage only mainstream education with
the exception of special education has been dealt with. Chapters cover: responsibili­
ties for and administration of the education system as a whole, plus a description of
pre-school, primary and secondaryn provision up to the end of compulsory
schooling. Both the public and the private sectors are taken into account.
Having said this, the chapter on the Federal Republic of Germany differs from the
others in that the text is taken from "The Educational System in the Federal Republic
of Germany", a study prepared by the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of
Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Lander in collaboration with the
Federal Ministry for Education and Science and the West German Rectors'
Conference; December 1982.
This document is intended to be a complement to the CEDEFOP Guide "Vocational
training systems in the Member States of the European Community - Comparative
Study" and to the CEDEFOP monographs on the vocational training systems
already prepared or in preparation.
EURYDICE European Unit
1986 CONTENTS
Page N'
BELGIUM
DENMARK 17
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY '27
GREECE 57
65 SPAIN
79 FRANCE
99 IRELAND
ITALY
121 LUXEMBURG
133 NETHERLANDS
PORTUGAL 147
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UNITED KINGDOM - 1 -
BELGIUM STRUCTURE OFTHE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN BELGIUM
Pre­school Primary Secondary Higher
(Law of 1971)
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Compulsory schooling
Age
2 1/2 4 5 18 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24
Levels Cycles Stages
­ Full time compulsory schooling Source: Le Mouvement Educatif en Belgique 1981­1983
published by the Ministère de l'Education Natio­
­ Part time y g nale and the Ministerie van Onderwijs. 1984.