Education in India

Is provided by the public sector as well as the private sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: central, state, and local.

Primary education:

The Indian government lays emphasis on primary education up to the age of fourteen years, referred to as elementary education in India

Private education.

In India , due to the British influence, a public school implies a non-governmental, historically elite educational institution, often modeled on British public schools which are in certain cases governmental.

Most middle-class families send their children to such schools, which might be in their own city or distant boarding school such as Rajkumar College, Rajkot, the oldest public school in India

       

                                            

Dhirubhai Ambani School, Mumbai          

School wall of a Private School in India

Secondary education:

The National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986, has provided for environment awareness, science and technology education, and introduction of traditional elements such as Yoga into the Indian secondary school system.^[27] Secondary education covers children 14–18 which covers 88.5 million children according to the Census, 2001.

A special Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) programme was started in 1974 with a focus on primary education.^[8] but which was converted into Inclusive Education at Secondary Stage^. Another notable special programme, the Kendriya Vidyalaya project, was started for the employees of the central government of India, who are distributed throughout the country. The government started the Kendriya Vidyalaya project in 1965 to provide uniform education in institutions following the same syllabus at the same pace regardless of the location to which the employee's family has been transferred.

Higher education in India

India's higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China. The main governing body at the tertiary level is the University Grants Commission, which enforces its standards, advises the government, and helps coordinate between the centre and the state. Accreditation for higher learning is overseen by 12 autonomous institutions established by the University Grants Commission.

Indian higher education system has expanded at a fast pace by adding nearly 20,000 colleges and more than 8 million students in a decade from 2000-2001 to 2010-2011. As of 2011^[update], India has 42 central universities, 275 state universities, 130 deemed universities, 90 private universities, 5 institutions established and functioning under the State Act, and 33 Institutes of National Importance.

                        Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Education in Chile

Is divided in preschool, primary school, secondary school, and technical or higher education (university)

The levels of education in Chile are:

·         Pre-school: For children up to 5 years old.

·         Primary school: (Enseñanza básica) for children aged 6–13 years old, divided into 8 grades.

·         Secondary school: (Enseñanza media) for teenagers aged 14–17 years old, divided into 4 grades. Schools are divided by curriculum into:

1.      "Scientific-humanities". Geared to prepare students to enter university. From 11th grade (Tercero Medio), students can choose a subject in either science (math, physics, chemistry, biology), or humanities (literature, history, philosophy), for more advanced lessons.

2.      "Technical-professional". Designed to allow students to quickly enter the workforce after secondary education. Students are taught practical lessons in technical areas, such as electricity, mechanics, metal assembly, etc.

·         Higher education:

·         University: These are divided between "traditional" universities (public and private universities created (mostly) before the 1981 reform) and private institutions.

·         Professional Institute: Private institutions offering professional degrees, except for those given exclusively by universities. They were created in 1981.

·         Technical Schooling Center: Also created in 1981, they are private institutions offering technical degrees only.

According to the Constitution, primary and secondary school are mandatory for all Chileans.

The Chilean state provides an extensive system of education vouchers that covers about 93% of primary and secondary students (the other 7% attend non-subsidized private schools). The system is based on a direct payment to the schools based on daily attendance.

Schools are either public (nearly all owned by the municipality of the commune in which the school is located) or private, which may receive government subsidies.