How school systems are in different countries

In some schools around the world, the school year has just started, while in others, like Brazil, it is in full swing, moving towards the end. Along with the school year, there are also discussions about the educational system adopted. Some are not satisfied with a heavy burden, since children do not have a lot of free time, while others believe that, on the contrary, they should be busy all day.

O awesome.club studied the peculiarities of the school process in different parts of the world, since the rules and traditions of one country can be completely different from another.

The school year begins late August or early Septemberdepending on the region.

Students aged up to 10 in the Netherlands do not have homework and, up to age 12, do not have exams or tests. Knowledge is rated on a 10-point scale. The passing grade is 6.

Dutch schools offer classes dedicated to sex education and the harm caused by drugs and alcohol. Students even take exams and receive grades.

In the country, absences and delays in classes are taken very seriously. In case of consecutive absences without a special reason, they can fine the student and even jail their parents for a month, while the teenage student must carry out socially useful work.

The school year usually starts in the second week of September🇧🇷 Grades are given only after the third grade and only if parents agree. From the fourth year, they are mandatory. A 6-point system is adopted: the best rating is 1, the worst is 6.

After primary school, depending on their abilities, the wishes of their parents and their own, students are divided into groups: the main or basic school, the realschule or the gymnasium. After primary school, one can enter a vocational training center or go on to work in professions such as driver or salesman. Realschule graduates have the option to attend
a vocational school or continue studying, which opens up the possibility for them to enter universities.

During breaks, children are obligatorily taken to play outdoors in the patios.

In schools in Germany, children are taught to ride a bicycle according to the rules. They pass the police exams and get a real driver’s license.

The school year starts on April 1. The first semester lasts until July 31st. The second starts on September 1st and ends on December 31st.

School education in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is modeled after the Soviet education system. In addition to core subjects, students take lessons in politics, such as “Communist morals”, “Communist party politics” or “The life of the great Kim Il-sung”.

At age 10, North Korean students are required to join the Children’s Union. Initially, students with excellent grades are accepted, then with good grades, and then others. Union members wear red ties.

To this day, it is accepted to take students to agricultural and construction activities in the country. The most extraordinary excursion, according to the memory of some former students, was the death penalty tour.

The first semester starts in March 1st and, the second, at the end of August.

Each student in Korean schools receives a sequential number: classroom, group number and student number according to the list, which is not compiled according to the alphabet, as we are used to, but by date of birth.

To ensure equal rights to receive education, each year students and teachers exchange
of classroom.

Korean students in the first grades prepare for the graduation exam. Thanks to him, students in higher grades spend 5 days a week at school, sometimes up to 22-23 hours. On weekends, they participate in creative activities and have private lessons. On the eve of the exam, churches in South Korea are very crowded, as parents pray for their children to pass the exam. On that day, the roads are blocked so that students do not arrive late due to traffic. In addition, airplane flights are prohibited, so that their noise does not disturb children.

The school year begins in mid-August or early September.

Before entering school, a psychologist talks with the child to assess mental maturity. If he decides that she is not yet ready to study at school, he will advise the parents to wait another year.

Some Swiss schools have a dentist as well as a psychologist, whose services are paid for by the state. Students are prohibited from bringing cell phones to school, but they can go to the bathroom or drink water without asking permission.

To answer questions in class, students do not raise their hands, but their finger.

In addition, in physical education classes in the country, children learn to play with rubber bands. There are even manuals on such a discipline.

The school year in Bulgaria begins on September 15th.

From 6 to 14 years old, education is compulsory and, after the eighth year, teenagers can hand in their documents to study at the gymnasium or go to technical schools to obtain a specialized secondary education.

In schools, the 6-point grading system is used, where the best grade is 6.

There are almost no homework assignments, except that students are sometimes asked to memorize a poem or do a song assignment. Other jobs are done at school or during free time after shifts. Bulgarian schools are not distinguished according to numbers, but their names honor a famous personality, such as “Professor Konstantin Gulubov”, “Miguel de Cervantes”, “Cirilo”, etc.

The school year begins here in mid-july🇧🇷 Summer vacation lasts only one month.

In Bali, Indonesia, Knowledge Day is celebrated a lot, not just when a new school year begins, but every 210 days. The day of knowledge is always a Saturday. On this date, the Balinese worship the goddess of knowledge and wisdom and students sing and dance.

In local schools children wear the same uniform. In elementary school, it’s usually red, and in middle school, blue. At parties, they wear colorful ties and hats.

Children’s names in Bali are not so varied, they are given depending on the child’s birth order in the family. If a daughter is born first, her name is Vayan; if she is a boy, Putu. The second daughter or son: Madi or Kadek, respectively; the third: Nyoman or Koman; the fourth is Ketut, regardless of whether it is a daughter or a son. The fifth son is called the same as the first and this is how it repeats. So that teachers do not get confused in schools, each student is given a nickname, for example, “The son of a legian street butcher” or “The daughter of a sculptor from Ubud”.

The school year begins on September 1st.

In basic education, Czech schools have almost no grades, and a 5-point scale is used in primary and secondary education. In the country, the highest rating is 1 and the lowest is 5.

Students have vacations twice a year: in summer and winter. In the summer, each school organizes camps for students, where they take two-month courses in preparation for entering university.

In the cold season, high school students take a mandatory winter course when they travel to the mountains to learn to ski.

Furthermore, classical dances are very popular in the Czech Republic, and there are endless creative activities to learn how to dance.

What do you think of these differences? Which system would you like to enroll your children in?