SPANISH
EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM
Laura García Alonso
INDEX
03 04
01 02
EDUCATIONAL
CURRICULUM
TYPES OF NON-UNIVERSITY
SCHOOLS
INTRODUCTION
STRUCTURE
AND
ORGANIZATION
01INTRODUCTION
There is one law that is currently working in our system → LOMLOE (2020)
- The Organic Law of Education (2006)
- The Organic Law for the Improvement of Educational Quality (2013)
02TYPES OF NON
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOLS
- State schools: the ownership is of the educational administration and they are
financed with public funds.
- Private schools: the ownership is private and they are financed with private funds.
- Private concerted schools: the ownership is private but they can be financed with
public funds.
TYPES OF NON-UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS
03STRUCTURE AND
ORGANIZATION
Early
Childhood
Education
NOT compulsory
Two cycles:
- 0 - 3 years
- 3 - 6 years
Primary
Education
The first compulsory
stage
It comprises six academic
courses taken between
the ages of 6 and 12
Three cycles
- 6 - 8 years
- 8 - 10 years
- 10 - 12 years
The second and last
compulsory stage.
Four academic years, in two
cycles:
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd
- 4th
Compulsory
Secondary
Education
High
school
Non-university studies
Vocational
Training
The one who has passed
the first cycle of
Compulsory Secondary
Education
It is two years long
High school
Vocational
Training
Two academic years
(16 - 18 years old)
Allows access to the different higher
education teachings
University
Medium
grade
Superior
grade
University
University access test
Each course is two
years long
University studies
Grade Master Doctorate
Obtain by the student a
general training, in one or
more disciplines
The objective is the acquisition
of advanced training, either
oriented to academic or
professional
Achieve advanced training in
research techniques
04EDUCATIONAL
CURRICULUM
It is a tool for teachers.
It is set every subject students must be taught in each school,
high school or even university. So, it specifies and defines the
teaching processes in each field.
It is made by the government and taking into account the law.
- In each educational stage, the main objectives to be achieved.
- The competences students will acquire.
- The specific contents to be treated and which are the core
subjects.
- The methodology it will be use in order to get those contents.
- The evaluable points of each teaching
- The evaluation criteria that all teachers and professors must
take into account.
D modelB modelA model
Every field is develop
in Spanish except
Basque
Every field is develop
in Basque except
Spanish and
Mathematics (Spanish
too)
Every field is develop
in Basque except
Spanish
81%3% 16%
It is important to highlight that some communities like Basque Country (Basque) or
Catalonia (catalan) that have other official languages apart from Spanish.
Therefore, the linguistic project is based in three languages
About Basque Country
*all three models include the teaching of English from the age of four