Everywhere around the world there is a system that every person has a place in,

the education system that is. In Spain, similar to other countries in the world, there are
primary years to when children become students, to when they face the real world.
When its time to enter the place where a world of knowledge is ready to be
shared, a child in Spain can begin attending school at the age of 0. As a baby and
toddler the education system has 2 different cycles according to the age of the child.
The first cycle of preschool starts for children ages 0-3 and most of the time this cycle is
not free for a child to attend. This kind of learning is the pre-steps to preschool and can
be considered more of a daycare learning environment for children. The next cycle is for
students 3-5 years of age and this is when children enter the preschool years and this
cycle is free for all students in Spain. Over the years, researchers have been developing
theories on whether or not the first cycle has an effect on how a child will act and
comprehend new things in a learning environment. Because of this Spain is slowly
beginning to offer the first cycle free of charge to preschoolers to parents of children
who they wish to enroll (Spanish Education System, 2013).
The next and most important years for a child is the Spanish Primary Schools,
most often referred to as colegio which is the beginning of government required
education in Spain (Spanish Education System, 2013). Children from 6 to 12 years of
age are divided into more cycles with 2 years being the sum of each cycle. For these
years the objective is to begin to educate students in culture, oral expression, reading,
writing, math and all the fundamentals of a well-rounded educational experience. During
this time educators focus mainly on personalizing learning structures for each student
and tailor them to the levels of each child that attends.

After primary school, students in Spain must continue on to Compulsory

Secondary Education (ESO). For these years students only attend school until they are
16 years of age and have a simple plan for what those years entitle. The first is known
as the Spanish Baccalaureate then this leads into Vocational and Professional training
into the real world. The real world. What does this statement really mean?
As the children attend school in all cycles of their young lives, the world around
the school doors are changing drastically and the question lots of people wonder is are
these children in each area learning the appropriate material to live a life with the
lessons they have obtained?
King Felipe VI has been looking into the further development on the education
that is given today in Spain and he quotes, We need an education that, invariably,
trains Spaniards to be open to the world, (Report, 2014). There is material that relates
to problems that can be fictional and this is where the worry is brought to the attention of
others around the world that the lessons need to be more developed towards teaching
children the proper steps they need to know to survive the real world after school. In
Spain, students do attend school longer than students in the United States and the
literacy in these schools have an outstanding literacy percentage of 97.9%. With these
rates the hope to establish these well-educated students real world life lessons may
have a greater impact of the increasing sources of life across the country.
Overall, the education system in Spain is very important to the Spanish people.
They have high standards towards how well the educational system is divided and have
well thought out plans to base learning structures around each students needs. With
the help and notification from the King of the country, there is a greater chance that the

educational system in Spain will gradually increase in test scores and graduation rates
will rise as the years go by.

Works Cited
Report, T. S. (2014, September 16). Spain's Urgent Global Economic Education Problem. Retrieved from
The Spain Report: https://www.thespainreport.com/11215/spains-urgent-economic-educationproblem/
Spanish Education System. (2013, August 28). Retrieved from donQuijo:
http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/society/customs/education-in-spain