EDUCATION IN DENMARK
Basic education comprises primary and lower secondary education and lasts for nine or ten years .Upon completion of class 9 or 10 of the Folkeskole pupils may go on to upper secondary school.The 3 year Gymnasium programme is the traditional general upper secondary programme.General upper secondary school and the more vocationally oriented programmes.HHX and HTX also prepare for employment in trade and industry usually in training postions.Vocational programmes are mainly Erhvervsuddannelse(Vocatioal Education and Training,VET) and prepare directly for specific jobs.In addition,most VET programmes qualify students for direct admission to one or more short cycle preofessional higher education programmes.
Approximately 30-50% of the time is spent at school and 50-70% is spent as a trainee or apprentice in a business enterprise.Other vocational programmes are basic social and health education programmes and agricultural,forestry,home economics and maritime programmes.Education is largely the reponsibility of the Ministry of Education.
*It shares control of the Gymnasium and Forberedelseseksamen with the country councils and school or course boards.
*It is responsible for setting up the framework for curricula at primary and secondary education level.
*Howeer,the contents of the courses are established by the schools and finaized by the teachers with their pupils.
*Vocational education and training is controlled by the Ministry of Education with the social partners as important parties.
Useful Links:
1.www.euroeducation.net
2.www.denmark.dk
3.www.fyidenmark.com
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