What are Chile's School Systems Like?

Question

What are Chile's School Systems Like?

Answer 1

enseñanza básica:primary (1º to 8º básico)

enseñanza media:secundary(1º to 4º medio)

Answer 2

Well it depends on the private or public system. Teh public system is often over crowded and understaffed but sadly the majority of the students in chile have to attend them because they cant afoord private schooling. The private schools may be better but I still found them medocre for the ammount of time they spent there (nearly all day) they dont learn any more than we do, and they certainly dont know how to work as hard. the underpaid teachers dont find it within themselves to acctually teach becasue their paycheck isnt worth it. keeping in mind money is the most important thing to most people in south america. So the school days are long often not getting out until 630 but you do have an hour and a half for lunch in which time all the kids go home for lunch beacuse lunch is the most important meal of the day spent with all yor family. Even all the stores close at lunch so everyone can go home to eat. In chilean schools you often attend the same school yor whole life and are in teh same class with the same 30 kids for your whole 12 years of education. This is good becasue you form friendships and bonds of trust that last a lifetime, but you also have problems going off to university and having to meet new people because youve never learned how.  The other thing about school in chile is that its all based around exams called PSU that you take at the end of grade 12 and they basically determine everything. They cause way too much stress for everyone and if you dont get a good mark you have to take another year of school to write them again. The general things about school in chile is that they have 12 grade liek here but they are divided 1-8 called basico and then 1-4 which is liek highschool called medio. All the students wear uniforms, public and private. And there are no optional classes it is all the same classes everyday until grade 11 when you choose to specialize in  biology, humanistics(history and such) or math. in chich case you have triple the hours in those classes and then only 1 or 2 classes a week in the other ones. this is trying to prepare you for university which is good cuase it mens you dont have to take classes you dont need, but it also menas if you change you mind about what you want to study 5 years down the road your screwed. Anywyas ver all its not too bad they students do becuase very intelligent in sciences in math moreso than social reading and writting. but its just a differnt system and compared to the rest of suth america its not too bad.

Answer 3

I agree with Lauren M.

I know a few people (ages 20-35) from Chile and they are well educated, though there parents are American and also made sure they received a good education.  (Not that it matters they are US citizens)  They lived near Santiago and now live in the US.  Some of their family still resides near Santiago.

Just one of the benefits is that they are fluently bilingual and in the world today, this is a tremendous benefit!  They also had a wonderful childhood, which of course you can't replace.

Those whom I've met that grew up in Chile... loved it.