Education System in a Country

Hello guys, welcome back to my blog and happy to re-read the contents of my 4th blog. This time I will briefly explain Education System in Argentina.

Early education in Argentina begins at the age of five where the person will study in the preschool stage. After that, students will go through three stages of compulsory education for three years for each stage.

The first and second stages, called EGB1 and EGB2, are in primary school between the ages of 6 and 11. Then the third stage is in low school or EGB3 (at the age of 11 to 14 years). In Argentina, people are not required through secondary school education.

Due to economic factors, many Argentines, especially from the lower classes, did not continue their studies at the university. However, in the 1930s, the country was famous for its advanced education system. Now, in the capital there are about 50 colleges.

In 1996, in an effort to close the gap between rich and poor, the Argentine government had begun a program called "Programa Nacional de Becas Estudiantiles" (PNBE), which subsidized poor students who wished to continue their studies in secondary school. Between 1997 and 2000, the program provided scholarships to 170,000 poor high school students who received USD $ 600 per year.

Recently, the World Bank has provided loans of USD $ 56.99 million to improve the quality and opportunity to continue their education to secondary schools in the province of Buenos Aires, to 60,000 students from universities. This loan is based on the Buenos Aires Secondary Education Project (BASSEP) program which wants to introduce Jornada Completa Schedule. The project targets students from poor low schools who often leave school when they reach the age of 15 due to the economic downturn. An estimated 50% of poor students from low schools are students who leave school.

Based on this new project, school schedules are added from four hours to seven to eight hours a day. This means students will learn more lessons compared to the past. In addition, schools in Buenos Aires receive assistance in terms of reference materials, libraries, facilities for science and technology and so on. Around 200 schools were involved in this project.

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