EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY OF

THE BASQUE COUNTRY

PRE-SCHOOL 0-3

VOLUNTARY

PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION 3-6

VOLUNTARY AND FREE OF CHARGE

PRIMARY EDUCATION

6-12

COMPULSORY AND FREE

SECONDARY EDUCATION 12-16

COMPULSORY AND FREE

DIVERSITY IN COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION

INITIAL

VOCATIONAL

PROGRAMMES

CURRICULAR

DIVERSIFICATION

PROGRAMMES

SCHOOL-LEAVING CERTIFICATE

- VOLUNTARY -VOCATIONALSECONDARY MEDIUM EDUCATION EDUCATION

VOLUNTARY SECONDARY EDUCATION

TWO SCHOOL YEARS EXAMINATION

• UNIVERSITY

• VOCATIONAL SUPERIOR EDUCATION

VOCATIONAL MEDIUM EDUCATION

• VOLUNTARY

• 2 SCHOOL YEARS

ADULT EDUCATION SCHOOL (18-...)

• GRADE 1• GRADE 2• GRADE 3• MODULES• ACCESS EXAMINATIONS

GRADE 1• LEARNING TO READ AND

WRITE IN EITHER BASQUE OR SPANISH

• LEARNING TO SPEAK IN EITHER BASQUE OR SPANISH

THE OLDEST STUDENTS AND IMMIGRANTS

GRADE 2

• GENERAL CULTURE IN A BASIC LEVEL

• MOSTLY STUDENTS AGED 55-65 AND SOME IMMIGRANTS

GRADE 3

• SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE

• THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS

MODULES• ENGLISH• FRENCH• ART• COMPUTERS• YOUNG AND MANY

RETIRED STUDENTS

ACCESS EXAMINATIONS

• UNIVERSITY FOR STUDENTS OLDER THAN 25 AND 45.

• VOCATIONAL SUPERIOR EDUCATION.

SCHOOL AGENDA 21

A PROGRAMME ESTABLISHED IN 2003/04

IN WHICH THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY AIMS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY

IT IS DIRECTED AT ALL STATE AND SUBSIDISED SCHOOLS IN THE ACBC

THAT PROVIDE COMPULSORY EDUCATION

FOR 6-16 YEAR OLDS

IT IS COORDINATED BY A GOVERNMENTAL

INSTITUTION AND INVOLVES THE WORK OF 14 ADVISORS WHO TRAIN COORDINATORS

AT THE EDUCATION CENTRES

TOWN COUNCILS

- OFFER TECHNICAL ADVICE

- ORGANIZE FORUMS FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATION.

- MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE COMMITED TO :

- RESPONDING TO THE PROPOSALS

- CARRYING OUT SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES

PHASES OF THE PROGRAMME:

1. DECISION AND ELECTION OF A COORDINATOR

2. ORGANIZATION: ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE

3. DIAGNOSIS

4. DEFINITION OF AIMS

5. ACTION PLAN, EXECUTION

6. ASSESSMENT OF RESULTS

7. A REPORT IS WRITTEN

8. IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS TO THE TOWN COUNCIL IN A MUNICIPAL FORUM

SCHOOL AGENDA 21 IN ARRASATE

- ALL SCHOOLS HAVE WORKED ON THE SAME SUBJECTS EVERY YEAR:

WATER

RUBBISH

ENERGY

SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

ADVERTISING

ARRASATE ADULT EDUCATION SCHOOL

UNIT: TAKING CARE OF OTHERS

HUMAN RIGHTS

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

GHANDI:

“0ur world has enough to satisfy everyone’s needs but not everyone’s greed”