Translations for non-compulsory in the Spanish»English Dictionary

colegio estatal Info

colegio estatal

In Spain, colegios estatales offer compulsory primary education for children aged from six to twelve. Some also offer non-compulsory classes for three to six-year-olds. Part of the free state school system, their official name is CEIP (Colegios de Educación Infantil y Primaria).

educación infantil Info

educación infantil

In Spain, a period of non-compulsory pre-school education. It provides care and teaching for children from birth to the age of six, when they begin formal education.
Parents wishing their children to receive educación infantil take them to guarderías guardería catering for children up to six years of age, or to colegios colegio that offer educación infantil to children from three to six years of age. Guarderías are not free and their cost varies according to whether they are privately or publicly funded.

See also guardería, guardería, colegio

guardería Info

guardería

In Spain, a center for small children. Guarderías normally look after children from a few months old until the age of four, or sometimes up to the compulsory school age of six. Some guarderías are private, while some are run and subsidized by the local authority or the government. Parents pay for the service.

guardería

guardería N f tb. guardería infantil:

guardería

nursery school

guardería

crèche Brit

colegio N m

1. colegio (escuela):

colegio

school

va a un colegio de monjas

she goes to a convent school

un colegio de curas

a Catholic boys' school

2. colegio (de profesionales):

Colegio de Abogados

≈ Bar Association

Colegio de Abogados

college of lawyers

Colegio Oficial de Médicos

≈ Medical Association

LOE - Ley Orgánica de Educación (2006) Info

LOE - Ley Orgánica de Educación (2006)

This Spanish reform established four stages of pre-university education: non-compulsory educación infantil, from birth to six years; compulsory primary education, Primaria, from six to twelve; compulsory secondary education, ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, from twelve to sixteen; and either two years of Bachillerato, leading to university entrance, or two years of Formación Profesional Específica de Grado Medio, vocational training that can lead to Formación Profesional Específica de Grado Superior. The LOE superseded the LOGSE Ley Orgánica de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo of 1990. The major change was a reduction in humanities subjects in the curriculum, while citizenship classes Educación para la Ciudadanía were introduced. The latter have been controversial in some quarters.

See also educación infantil, Primaria, ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, Bachillerato

educación infantil Info

educación infantil

In Spain, a period of non-compulsory pre-school education. It provides care and teaching for children from birth to the age of six, when they begin formal education.
Parents wishing their children to receive educación infantil take them to guarderías guardería catering for children up to six years of age, or to colegios colegio that offer educación infantil to children from three to six years of age. Guarderías are not free and their cost varies according to whether they are privately or publicly funded.

Primaria Info

Primaria

The name given in Spain to the first of the two compulsory levels of education. It is for pupils between six and twelve years of age and leads to the ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria.

ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria Info

ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria

One of the stages of secondary education established in Spain by the LOE - Ley Orgánica de Educación (2006) It begins at twelve years of age and ends at sixteen, the age at which compulsory education ends. The old division between a technical and an academic education is not as marked in ESO, as all secondary pupils receive basic professional training.

Bachillerato Info

Bachillerato

A traditional term for secondary education. Today in Spain, under the LOE - Ley Orgánica de Educación (2006) it specifically means the last two years of secondary education (16-18 years) following ESO - Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria, for students who wish to go to university.
In parts of Latin America Bachillerato is the examination taken at the end of secondary education. In Peru it means the first university degree. LOE - Ley Orgánica de Educación (2006), ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria