A primary school, junior school or elementary school is a school for children from about four to eleven years old, in which they receive primary or elementary education. It can refer to both the physical structure (buildings) and the organisation. Typically it comes after preschool, and before secondary school.
Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or in various jobs such as a trade or a craft. Vocational education is sometimes referred to as career and technical education. A vocational school is a type of educational institution specifically designed to provide vocational education.
The Greek educational system is mainly divided into three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary, with an additional post-secondary level providing adult vocational training. Primary education is divided into kindergarten preschool lasting one or two years, and primary school spanning six years. Secondary education comprises two stages: the compulsory lower secondary education has a 3-year Gymnasio school, after which students can attend upper secondary education has a 3-year Lykeion school. Higher Education (tertiary) is provided by Universities and specialist Academies which primarily cater for the military. Undergraduate university programs typically last 4 years. The postgraduate last 1 to 2 years for Master's degree level and 3 to 6 years for Doctorate's degree level. All levels are overseen by the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs. The Ministry exercises centralized control over state schools, by prescribing the curriculum, appointing staff and controlling funding. Private schools also fall under the mandate of the Ministry, which exercises supervisory control over them. At a regional level, the supervisory role of the Ministry is exercised through Regional Directorates of Primary and Secondary Education, and Directorates of Primary and Secondary Education operate in every Prefecture. Tertiary institutions are nominally autonomous, but the Ministry is responsible for their funding, and the distribution of students to undergraduate courses. Currently, the Greek government only recognizes the degree programs offered by the state-run universities although there are several private universities and colleges offering degree programs that are validated and overseen by American, British and other European universities. The Greek government is pressured to recognize these overseas programs.
The Gifted Education Programme (GEP) is a highly selective academic programme in Singapore, initially designed to identify the top 0.25% of students from each academic year with outstanding intelligence. The tests are based on verbal, mathematical and spatial abilities. Those students will then be transferred from normal classes to the GEP classes, if those students are in a school without those classes, they will be transferred to another school with those classes of their choice. Those classes will bring the students to higher levels. The programme has now been expanded to 1% of the students from each academic year.
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School is a public secondary school in Queens's Jamaica Hills community in New York City. It is one of the few public high schools in New York City to offer vocational training programs as well as traditional college preparatory tracks and well known for its largely male population. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education.
Don Bosco Technical College is a private Catholic educational institution in Manila, Philippines, owned and operated by the Salesians of Don Bosco. Don Bosco Mandaluyong offers all-boys elementary education, all-boys junior high school, co-educational senior high school, co-educational tertiary education, night school, and vocational training for out-of-school youth. Established in 1953, Don Bosco Mandaluyong is the first Don Bosco Educational Center in Metro Manila.
Blue Hills Regional Technical High School, an American high school, is located in Canton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston and the geographical center of member towns of the Blue Hills Regional School District: Avon, Braintree, Milton, Canton, Norwood, Randolph, Dedham, Westwood, and Holbrook. The school is situated on a 35-acre (140,000 m2) campus that borders the DCR's Blue Hills Reservation, and is within view of Great Blue Hill. The schools mascot is the Warriors
Education in Ghana was mainly informal, and based on apprenticeship before the arrival of European settlers, who introduced a formal education system addressed to the elites. Pre-Independent Ghana was known as the Gold Coast. The economy of pre-colonial Gold Coast was mainly dependent on subsistence farming where farm produce was shared within households and members of each household specialized in providing their household with other necessities such as cooking utilities, shelter, home, clothing and furnitures. Trade with other households was therefore practised in a very small scale. This has made economic activities in pre-colonial Gold Coast a family institution/customs; family-owned and family-controlled. As such, there was no need for employment outside the household that would have otherwise called for discipline(s), value(s) and skill(s) through a formal education system. Pre-colonial Gold Cost therefore practised an informal education (apprenticeship) until it was colonized and its economy became a hybrid of subsistence and formal economy.
Education in Guyana is provided largely by the government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Education and its arms in the ten different regions of the country. Guyana's education system is a legacy from its time as British Guiana, and is similar to that of the other anglophone member states of the Caribbean Community, which are affiliated to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). School curricula, funding, standards and other policies are set by the central government and implemented through the Ministry of Education and related agencies. The Education System is divided into eleven districts, ten of which correspond to the national administrative and geographical regions of the country, while the capital, Georgetown, is treated as a separate education district. With 8.3% of its GDP spent on education, Guyana sits with Cuba, Iceland, Denmark and Botswana as among the few countries with top spending on education.
St. Catherine High School is a Roman Catholic co-educational traditional high school in the civic parish of St Catherine, Jamaica. It was founded by members of the orders of the Sisters of Mercy and the Jesuit Fathers in 1948.
St. Mary High School is a secondary school located in the Highgate area of St Mary, Jamaica.
Education in Namibia is compulsory for 10 years between the ages of 6 and 16. There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia of which 100 are privately owned. Namibian subjects' syllabi are based on the International General Certificate of Secondary Education which is part of Cambridge International. The Constitution directs the government to provide free primary education; however, families must pay fees for uniforms, stationery, books, hostels, and school improvements.
Knox College is an educational complex in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. It consists of four institutions: the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Institute, Knox Junior School, Knox College High School and Knox Community College. It was co-founded by Rev. Lewis Davidson and David Bent in 1947 and is named after John Knox.
Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School (JVCSS), simply Jean Vanier or Vanier is a Roman Catholic high school, part of the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) - formerly known as the Metropolitan Separate School Board (MSSB), in the Eglinton East neighbourhood of Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school was opened as Tabor Park Vocational School (1964-1986) by the Scarborough Board of Education and later owned by the Toronto District School Board, after which the building was leased to the MSSB/TCDSB in 1989.
Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI), or simply "Don Bosco Makati." is a private Catholic educational institution owned and operated by the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB). Its campus is located at Chino Roces Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. In January 1954, the cornerstone of Don Bosco Makati was laid down, during the term of then, Servant of God Fr. Carlo Braga, SDB, as Provincial. At the same year, construction of the first building was completed which housed the chapel, the convent, a youth center, and the auditorium.
Ascot High School is a coeducational secondary school for 11- to 18-year-olds in Portmore, St Catherine, Jamaica. It admits students who pass the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). The school shares a site with Ascot Primary School, Ascot Basic School and a large, multi-purpose sports field used by all three schools.
The Banana Sector Retraining Project was a program run by the HEART Trust/NTA during 2008 and 2009. It aimed to retrain displaced workers and farmers in the banana/plantain industry and those whose jobs may disappear because of loss of preferential treatment in the European market. It was implemented in the six traditional banana-growing parishes: St. James, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, St. Mary, Portland and Clarendon.
Saint Mary's College is a high school located in Above Rocks in Saint Catherine, Jamaica. It school was founded in 1955 by its first principal, Father Edmund Cheney S.J. of St. Mary's Mission Catholic church
Denbigh High School is a high school in Clarendon, Denbigh, Jamaica. founded in 1969, seven years after Jamaican independence
Tagum National Trade School (TNTS) situated at Apokon, Tagum City, is the only vocational of the five main public high schools in Tagum City, under the jurisdiction of the DepEd Division of Tagum City and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority. It was founded on August 1, 1972. The institution cater students from Tagum City and the province of Davao del Norte.
