national education system

State-run public schooling

A national education system is the organized structure of schools, curricula, and policies that a country establishes to educate its population.

This typically includes primary, secondary, and often tertiary levels, administered or regulated by government: The national education system requires twelve years of compulsory schooling.

Countries vary widely in how centralized their systems are—some have uniform national curricula, others delegate significant control to regions or localities.

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curriculum standards · universities · public schools · vocational schools · school inspections · blended learning · social mobility · standardized testing · report card · head start · research institutes · gap year · free tuition · literacy programs · school meals · civic engagement · economic growth · teacher unions

Opposites
governance and control

national education systemprivate academies

Tuition-funded educational institutions

private schools · independent schools · private education · parochial schools · religious schools

institutional vs. non-institutional learning

national education systemautodidacticism

Practice of self-instruction

self-teaching · apprenticeship · learning by doing · homeschooling · home education

geographic scope

national education systemlocal schools

Nearby public education sites

community schools · village schools · neighborhood schools · district schools · tribal schools

Family

nation, national, nationally, nationalism, nationalist, nationalistic, nationhood, nationalize, nationalization

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