Do they have to go to school in Peru?

Question

I am doing a project on Peru in school.

Answer 1

Of course. The system is very different though. You start usually at six years of age on 1st grade and go up to 6th grade; that is call "elementary school". After that, you start again at 1th grade until 5th grade, but that period is call "secondary school". In average, people graduate by the time they are 16 years old if you haven't fail any year, because in Peru when you fail a certain amount of courses you fail the whole year and need to repeat it again. Also, the grading system is different, the maximum grade is 20, from 14 to 11 it is an OK grade, and you fail when you get a 10 or less. After finishing school, most students go to an "Academy" to prepare to take the admission test for college. Hope it helps :)

Answer 2

yes!!! i was born in arequipa, Peru and use to go to school too!!

they have great schools. the schools i went to were the same as the ones i go to know (im in australia) but there teach is more advance (i use to go for holidays and and they tought stuff i'd never learnt and when i went to australia they only started teaching that 2 years later) im preety sure that they use the european curriculum. people get into universiversity differently than in australia (i'm not sure how it is where you live but if different you could mention it) they don't do the HSC they do an exam for each university and if they don't get in they can try next year or they can try a different university and they only do go to school till year 11 they don't do year 12.

scince its a project you will also mention the poorer side (native indians) most of them are poor so the schools are very small and some of them might not even get to go to school because they have to start work from a young age.

thats all i know hope it helps =)

Answer 3

one of the best colleges is La Molina.

Answer 4

Yes, though there is not much info on the internet.  Read the article at the wesite elow, scroll down to the section on schools.  They also have many fine colleges and Universities in Peru and many international students study there.    I live in Mexico and have a wonderful friend from Peru who  plays violin in the symphony orchestra here and teaches at the university here. He is a very well educated man.  I used to work with a nurse from Peru...also very well-educated.  2nd website, scroll down to section on education.   Also read the facts about the "literacy rate' near the top of the page.  Good luck with your research.