Name of

Country
Levels of
Education
Description of
Each Level
Special Features
Philippines
China
Japan
Kindergarten
Grade I - Grade VI
Grade VII Grade
X
Grade XI Grade
XII
Bachelors Degree
Masters and
Doctorate
Primary Education
Junior Middle
chool
enior Middle
chool
!ni"ersity
Pre-elementary
Elementary
Junior #igh chool
enior #igh chool
$ertiary or %ollege
Graduate o&
Bachelors Degree
' years
( years
( years
' years
' years
)rom *indergarten to Grade ( Mother $ongue is the
medium o& instruction &or learners+ cience is teach ,hen
they reach grade (
$echnology and -i"elihood Education ,as taught in grade
.+ $eaching /rograms uses s/iral /rogression a//roach
that increases the 0readth and de/th across su01ect
areas+
!ses /iral /rogression a//roach geared ,ith *no,ledge
and s*ills mastered in elementary le"el /re/aring them
&or higher education+
Grade 2 and 34 may choose tech"oc or s/orts and arts
&or the ne, su01ect o5ered
65ers "ocational courses7 0usiness administration7
nursing /rogram7 s/orts
and arts7 accounting /rinci/les and other courses o&
studies in /re/aring &or college+
8ursing7 Dentistry7 Medical $echnology7 Engineering7
Medicine and $eaching
De"elo/ment o& cogniti"e s*ills+ u01ect matter and
instructional contents are uni&orm
%o"er all to/ics in order to /ass 8ational E9aminations
$,o "ersions o& the 8ational !ni"ersity Entrance
E9amination in going to !ni"ersities
Varieties o& $echnical and Vocational school
Australia
Primary chools
Junior econdary
le"el
enior econdary
le"el
!ni"ersity le"el
!ni"ersity le"el
second stage
' years '-3: yr
old
. years 3:-3' yr
old
: years 3'-3; yr
old not
com/ulsory
!ndergrad ,ith
senior secondary
certi<cate o&
education
#onours degree
Pro"ided 0y go"ernment and non-go"ernment /rimary
schools
=,arded a 1unior secondary certi<cate o& education >year 34
certi<cate?
65ered 0y go"ernment and non-go"ernment /rimary
=,arded a senior secondary certi<cate o& education >year 3:
certi<cate?
65ered $echnical and )urther Education and can get 1o0+
=rts and cience7 Education usually o5er either a 0achelor
degree o0tained in ( years or a 0achelors degree o0tained
in &our years+ =lso o5er engineering7 education7 "eterinary
science7 dentistry7 architecture and medicine and surgery
Postgraduate studies to o0tain /ostgraduate di/loma+ =
student graduate ,ith 0achelors degree can /roceeds to
masters degree and may /roceed to Doctorate