The Education System in Australia

12 years. Primary schools and high schools are based on

the age of the student, so that every room has the same age group, with a student hardly having to repeat a year. The students with problems in their studies may be put into special classes to help with academic deficits. The majority of the children start in the primary school with the age of 5 years (year 1) and the child studies in the primary school until they are around 12 years old ( year 7).

for children up to 5 years, but the main ones

are the "Child Care" regulated centers or families in registered
residences who take care
of the kids in a system
called "Family Day Care".

(year 8), and is he/she is only compulsorily required to

stay to year 10, receiving a junior high school certificate but not a high school certificate. The year 11 and 12, are optional but are required to be successfully completed to attain a high school diploma.

years of high school are the most important ones, as

they are the ones to be evaluated for entry levels in Universities. The results which you achieve for each subject will then give you a rank. The board of secondary studies than calculates an “OP” score (overall position) using a formula of your high school results and a test called “QCS” (in Queensland) which is taken by every year 12 in the state, which is used to compare students of the same year level between schools.

am to 3 pm, with breaks for lunch and snacks.

Extra Curricular activities such as soccer practice, dance classes, etc is done after school hours or Saturday mornings.

in the end of January and finishing in December. The

summer vacations are the biggest school holidays (period of 6/7 weeks)

all 3 and four-year-olds.

age of 6, but most children start school as five-year-olds.

Most Primary Schools teach from Years 1-6 and some teach Years 1-8.

16. This is usually up to Year 12.

study. There are many institutions Polytechnics, Technical Colleges, Universities etc.

throughout the country.
Courses with more prestige are those recognized internationally. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the local organization that recognizes qualifications and courses.