Argentina: Allocation of National Education Programmes to ISCED97
WEI 2007*
Theoretical starting age
Theoretical ending age
Theoretical cumulative
Theoretical duration of
years of education at
the programme (in
the end of the
programme
(in years)
(in years)
years)
ISCED97 Programme Country description of Entrance
Qualifications awarded Notes
level orientation programme requirements
ISCED97 Flow
0 na Pre-primary (Inicial) na na 3 4 2 …
0 na
Pre-primary, compulsory To be at least 4
na 5 5 1 …
Compulsory for 5-year olds, and 4-year-olds in some 0
(Inicial) years old provinces.
General basic, 1st and
2nd cycles (Educación
1 na To be six years old Primary certificate 6 11 6 6 Typically a five-hour school day.
general básica 1er y 2do
ciclo)
1
General Basic, 3rd cycle
2A General (Educación General General basic, 2nd Lower secondary
12 14 3 9 Separate schools for youths with severe disabilities.
cycle diploma
Básica 3er ciclo)
2A
General/ Upper secondary Lower secondary Upper secondary General and technical education. It is possible to earn a
3A 15 17 3 12
Vocational (Polimodal) diploma diploma technical qualification through combined work and study.
Tertiary Non-University Primary and secondary Training for primary and secondary school teachers.
5B
First
qualification
(Superior No
Upper secondary
diploma
teacher's diploma; 18 20 3-4 15-16 Occupational training for laboratory technicians, radio 3A
Universitario) technician diploma operators, mechanics, librarians, social workers, etc.
Professional qualifications can be earned at the same
Licenciatura or
First degree Tertiary-university Upper secondary time as the licenciatura (e.g. engineering or economic
5A professional 18 21 4 16
(medium) (Superior universitario) diploma degrees). Medical programmes are six years in duration,
qualification.
fine arts programmes are seven years. 5A 5B
ISCED 5A, second-degree programmes were recently
University degree introduced and do not have uniform curricular
Second Master's, post-graduate Master's degree,
5A (e.g. Licenciatura , 22 23 2 18 organisation and entrance requirements. Thus, it is
degree courses (Posgrados) specialisation diploma
Accountant, Lawyer) difficult to indicate typical starting and completion ages,
duration, etc. 6
ISCED 6 programmes were recently introduced and do
Master's degree,
Doctorate programmes not have uniform curricular organisation and entrance
6 na specialisation Doctorate 24 … 3+ 21+
(Doctorado) requirements. Thus, it is difficult to indicate typical
diploma
starting and completion ages, duration, etc.
* Published on-line only as part of the UIS publication "Education counts: Benchmarking progress in 19 WEI countries. World Education Indicators - 2007" (see: www.uis.unesco.org/publications/WEI2007)
A, B, C = Destination categories
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