State school

Some Canadian provinces offer segregated-by-religious-choice, but nonetheless Crown-funded and Crown-regulated, religiously based education.

"Private school" generally refers to primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions that are not government-owned.

Some parents appreciate the idea as they may send their children to good schools even though they may not be academically qualified, while others believe that it is not fair for someone who has a background of poverty.

[4] The inequality of resources is exacerbated by the way public schools in urban areas enjoy more support since local governments have more developed economies.

The national school system was put in place under Hak-Je (Korean: 학제; Hanja: 學制; lit.

In King SeongJong Year 11, 992 A.D., the first known national public schools called Ju-Hak (Korean: 주학; Hanja: 州學) were opened in each Ju and Gun, states and counties, to improve nationwide academic performances.

After the ceasefire agreement for the civil war was declared, north and south states of Korea established their own education system.

All state-funded schools in England are required to follow the National Curriculum, which is made up of twelve subjects.

State schools may request payment from parents for extracurricular activities such as swimming lessons and field trips, provided these charges are voluntary.

Comprehensive schools provide an entitlement curriculum to all children, without selection whether due to financial considerations or attainment.

A consequence of that is a wider ranging curriculum, including practical subjects such as design and technology and vocational learning.

Major provider of vocational qualifications include the Business and Technology Education Council, City and Guilds of London Institute and Edexcel.

Trades apprentices receive paid wages during training and spend one day at school and the rest in the workplace to hone their skills.

Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences, mathematics, history, geography, art and other subjects.

Some children even start earlier at age two in pré-maternelle or garderie class, which is essentially a daycare facility.

The baccalauréat (also known as bac) is the end-of-lycée diploma students sit for in order to enter university, a Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, or professional life.

It is comparable to British A-Levels, American SATs, the Irish Leaving Certificate and German Abitur.

They are generally focused on a single subject area, such as engineering, have a moderate size, and are often quite (sometimes extremely) selective in their admission of students.

These municipal kindergartens are financed by taxes and progressive income-based customer fees, but are not considered part of the public school system.

The Abitur from a Gesamtschule or Gymnasium enables the graduate to start studying at a polytechnic or at a university in all states of Germany.

The Irish constitution requires the state to "endeavour to supplement and give reasonable aid to private and corporate educational initiative, and, when the public good requires it, provide other educational facilities or institutions with due regard, however, for the rights of parents, especially in the matter of religious and moral formation.

[19] An optional non-academic Transition Year is provided by most but not all secondary schools immediately following the Junior Certificate.

[25] Public, special (religious), and general-special (neutral) schools are government-financed, receiving equal financial support from the government if certain criteria are met.

Higher education like universities may be state sponsored under certain conditions (family income and school performance).

Schooling was not free, but the tax support kept fees low, and the church and charity funded poorer students.

[27] State-administered universal education was introduced earlier in Scotland than in the rest of the United Kingdom, and the designation was incorporated into the name of many of these older publicly run institutions.

The Scottish Education Department ran the system centrally, with local authorities running the schools with considerable autonomy.

Once the compulsory stages have been passed, it is possible to opt for the Bachillerato (similar to the Baccalaureate or A-levels), aimed at gaining access to university-level education.

The Swedish primary school is split into three parts; lågstadiet – 'the low stage', which covers grades 1 to 3.

[35] Primary and secondary education is compulsory for students between the ages of 6 and 16, although in practice most children enrol at school on their 5th birthday.