14 years in studying... / myLot

Philippines

August 14, 2008 9:30am CST

here in the philippines the usual number of years spent by a person in studies is 14 years from first grade to compeltion of a 4-year course in college..some are longer or shorter than this...since some have preschool years, some only have 2-year course in college and some have longer yers in college...not to mention those people who tend to repeat a school level not just once for some reasons... in your country how long is the usual? thnks for sharing in advance

3 responses

maximax8

@maximax8 (31046)

• United Kingdom

14 Aug 08

It is usually 12 to 14 years in England. Most children join a primary school when they are 4, stay there until 11, then go to secondary school until 16. That is the end of compulsory schooling, it is optional to study 16 to 18. After that some people do a degree. Primary School Reception aged 4-5 Year 1 aged 5-6 Year 2 aged 6-7 Year 3 aged 7-8 Year 4 aged 8-9 Year 5 aged 9-10 Year 6 aged 10-11 Secondary School Year 7 aged 11-12 Year 8 aged 12-13 year 9 aged 14-14 Year 10 aged 14-15 Year 11 aged 15-16 Sixth Form aged 16-18

petiksmode

@petiksmode (2983)

• Philippines

14 Aug 08

wow thank you for the details...you really had time to share that to us... i myself dont have any preschool year i had only 1 year in kindergarten before entering grade school....thnks

maximax8

@maximax8 (31046)

• United Kingdom

14 Aug 08

Thanks for the best response. The nursery class age is 3-4 years old here. I am a primary school teacher and I have two children one is going into Year 9 at secondary school next month. I think education sounds great in the Philippines.

petiksmode

@petiksmode (2983)

• Philippines

14 Aug 08

yeah it is but not all across the nation like any other nations we also have loopholes and hope that government will hvae an end on this...thnks

valeria1

@valeria1 (2721)

• United States

14 Aug 08

Before going to Universtity I studied 13 years then I did 5 years of University. Don't you think is a waste of time? We could be graduated long before that and all the subjects that are not use at all?

petiksmode

@petiksmode (2983)

• Philippines

14 Aug 08

yeah i think that way sometimes esp when i remmber how hard it was to learn trigonometry and other maths...i remmber myself asking my professor where in the world we will using the knowledge of knowing the tangent and cosin...hehehe..well he just laugh at me then maybe he himself wondering the same thing lols...

jingke

@jingke (106)

• China

14 Aug 08

Generally 16 years in China,which do no include preschool years.However if you do not do well in the college enterance examination,you may have to study again for a year.So huge the pressure to enter a higher scholl in China.

petiksmode

@petiksmode (2983)

• Philippines

14 Aug 08

yeah that is indeed tough esp on the students who have a hard time passing entrance examination..maybethat is the reason why some chooses to work rather than continue studying... thnks