secondary education as divided into
2
levels: lower and upper secondary level with taking
3
years each, and higher education.
The National Education Scheme for the year
1992
provides the learners with the
opportunity to develop themselves through continuous and life-long education in the forms of
formal and non-formal school systems.
The formal education consists of four levels: pre-elementary, elementary, secondary and
higher levels.
Pre-elementary level offers a two-year course in public school and a three-year course in
private school. Pre-elementary education aims to nurture and prepare physical, mental,
intellectual and emotional skills to students for their further movement on to the elementary
education.
Elementary level undergoes at least six years of elementary education as a compulsory
education. Elementary education puts emphasis on basic literacy and numeracy skills and
cultivate desirable behavior in students.
Secondary level is divided into two levels; lower and upper secondary levels.
Lower secondary education offers a three-year course which is geared towards
developing the students’ ethics, knowledge and abilities. It allows the students to explore their
needs, areas of interests and aptitudes and enables them to meet their appropriate careers.
Upper secondary education is a three-year course as a fundamental stage for the
students who will proceed to higher education. It also aims to prepare students to meet the
labour market and to promote their entrepreneurship skills. There are two streams; vocational
stream is provided in vocational and technical colleges for the students who are good at skills
while academic stream is offered in general education schools for the students who are
academically-talented.
Higher level is a post-secondary education which is divided into three levels: diploma,
undergraduate and graduate levels.
