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Giáo dục - Education 298
EXPLANATION OF TERMINOLOGY, CONTENT AND METHODOLOG
OF SOME STATISTICAL INDICATORS ON EDUCATION AND
HEALTH
Kindergarten school
(including independent kindergarten classes) is an educational
unit of the pre-primary education system, admitting children from 3 to 6 years old to take
care of and educate.
Primary school
is an educational unit of primary level, comprising classes from grade 1
to grade 5.
Secondary school
is an educational unit of the secondary level. Secondary school is
categorized: (1) Lower secondary school from grade 6 to grade 9; (2) Upper secondary
school from grade 10 to grade 12.
Besides, there are two other types of secondary schools in Vietnam as follows:
(1)
Basic general school
is the combination of primary school and lower secondary
school, from grade 1 to grade 9.
(2)
Secondary school
is the combination of lower secondary school and upper
secondary school, from grade 6 to grade 12.
University
is an educational unit at the university level. Its training period lasts from 4
years to 6 years depending on the major for the graduates of the upper secondary schools or
professional secondary schools; from 1 to 2 year(s) for the graduates of the colleges of the
same major.
College
is an educational and training unit at the college level. The three-year training
is applied for the graduates of the upper secondary schools or the professional secondary
schools.
Professional secondary school
is an educational and training unit at the professional
secondary level. For the graduates of the lower secondary schools it applies 3 - 4 year
training, and for the graduates of the upper secondary school, it applies 1 - 2 year training.