THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA

The educational system in Colombia and Venezuela can say that is very good and complete, and in the next written I talked about of educational system in the countries that I mentioned.

The educational system in Colombia has four levels: Pre-school education, basic education, half education and the third level is divided into three: Technical education, pregado and postgraduate.

The Pre-school education has three grades, one is obligatory and there are no informal programs of ICBF (INSTITUTO COLOMBIANO DE BIENESTAR FAMILIAR).

The basic education has nine years compulsory because the students study in school the grades first to ninth. The children go to private or public school depending of the economic situation.

In the half education are the grades tenth and eleventh, the student can study in SENA or no formal education.

The superior education has three levels; the first is the Technical education where the students can study in SENA or in technical professional institutions, the second is the Pregrado (professional) where the students can study in the universities and university institutions; and finally, the third level is postgraduate that is at universities.

The educational system in Venezuela has four levels: Pre-school education, basic education, half and professional education and finally superior education.

The first level “Pre-school” is compulsory and the children have to start at five years. The second level is “basic education” is compulsory and the level has stages: The first has three years and the children study the grades first to third, the second stage has three years and the children study the grades fourth to sixth, and the last stage is where children study the grades seventh to eleventh.

The fourth level “superior education” is where the students can study in universities, polytechnics, Institutos especiales de Formación e Oficiales de las Fuerzas Armadas. And finally the students can do postgraduate, doctorate, etc.

BY: MARTHA FRANCO