Education in Australia encompasses the sectors of early childhood education (preschool) and primary education, followed by secondary education, tertiary education and adult education. Regulation and funding of education is primarily the responsibility of the States and territories, but the Federal Government also plays a funding role.
K–12, for kindergarten to 12th grade, is an American expression that indicates the number of years of primary and secondary education found in the USA, that is similar in several other countries, such as Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey for publicly supported school grades prior to college.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) was a charity, and an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for Education. In England and Northern Ireland, the QCDA maintained and developed the National Curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations, advising the minister formerly known as the Secretary of State for Education on these matters.
A comprehensive school is a school type, principally in the United Kingdom; it is a school for secondary aged children, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced as state schools on an experimental basis in the 1940s and became more widespread from 1965. With the Blair educational reforms from 2003, they may be part of a local education authority or be a self governing academy or part of a multi-academy trust.
A national curriculum is a common programme of study in schools that is designed to ensure nationwide uniformity of content and standards in education. It is usually legislated by the national government, possibly in consultation with state or other regional authorities.
The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) specifies the standards for educational qualifications in Australia. It is administered nationally by the Australian Government's Department of Industry, with oversight from the States and Territories, through the Standing Council of Tertiary Education Skills and Employment. While the AQF specifies the standards, education and training organisations are authorised by accrediting authorities to issue a qualification.
Rafael Núñez International Airport is an airport serving the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, Colombia. It is the largest airport in the country's northern Caribbean region in terms of passenger movement. It is located between the Caribbean coast and the Ciénaga de la Virgen marsh, in the center of Crespo, a neighborhood in northern Cartagena.
The Australian International School Malaysia (AISM) is located at the southern of Kuala Lumpur, in The MINES Resort City, Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia.
The Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) is the credential given to students who have completed senior secondary education in the state of Western Australia, and is intended to become the Western Australian certificate within the Australian Certificate of Education, part of the Australian Qualifications Framework. From 2010 onwards, WACE is now also the set of final examinations that are completed by majority of Year 12 students, replacing the TEE.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India which was established on 1 September 1961 as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies' Registration Act. Its headquarters are located at Sri Aurbindo Marg in New Delhi. Dr. Hrushikesh Senapaty is director of the council since September 2015.
A curriculum framework is an organized plan or set of standards or learning outcomes that defines the content to be learned in terms of clear, definable standards of what the student should know and be able to do.
Education in Western Australia consists of public and private schools in the state of Western Australia, including public and private universities and TAFE colleges. Public school education is supervised by the Department of Education, which forms part of the Government of Western Australia. The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is an independent statutory authority responsible for developing a curriculum and associated standards in all schools, and for ensuring standards of student achievement, and for the assessment and certification according to those standards.
Cardijn College is a Roman Catholic secondary co-educational school located in the Southern Vales area approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the Adelaide city centre in South Australia. Established in 1984, it is a diocesan school with a student population of 1,100 in 2019.
The Nazareth Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary and secondary day school located across two campuses in suburban Adelaide: a primary school campus in Findon, and a high school campus in Flinders Park, in South Australia, Australia.
Schools in South Australia may refer to:
The Australian Curriculum is a national curriculum for all primary and secondary schools in Australia under progressive development, review, and implementation. The curriculum is developed and reviewed by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, an independent statutory body. Since 2014 all states and territories in Australia have begun implementing aspects of the Foundation to Year 10 part of the curriculum.
The International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks Internet Archive (INCA) was a website that provided regularly updated descriptions of education policies in 21 countries worldwide between 1996 and 2013. The site included information on the education systems of Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Wales. The primary focuses of the archive were curriculum, assessment and initial frameworks for training teachers at schools with children ages 3–19. The website was funded by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) with content managed by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
Sacsa Ananta is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high, situated in the Vilcanota mountain range south east of Cusco. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District. Sacsa Ananta lies west of Istalla, northwest of Condoriquiña and southeast of Pajo.
