Education System in the

Australia

Benchmarking is learning the best from the best practices of

the world’s best educational systems.
Australia’s Educational System

 The Australian Education System

is one of the most well-structured
and prestigious education
systems.

 That is the reason students from

all over the world are looking for
opportunities to study in
Australia.
Structure of Australian Educational
01
Pre-School
The first exposure that many kids
have to learn is preschool. It is
System
offered to three to five years old.
03
Secondary School
Divided into Junior High School
(year 7-10) and Senior High School
(year 11- 12).
02
Primary School
The first stage of formal education.
It is compulsory for children to
start school at the age of six years.
04
Higher Education
Typically involves study at the
university or technical college.
 Best Features in Australia’s Educational System

Australian education develops students’ Australian assessment is well-designed Australian education is varied giving
minds and bodies. and promotes quality feedback. students access to numerous disciplines.

Research has shown that physical

One of the leading contemporary It is vitally important not to stream
activity and overall fitness stimulates
Australian educational theorists, students into disciplines and careers
mental performance. Australian
David Boud, is famous for saying,
students thrive in an environment too early, and even when they have
‘Students can survive bad teaching,
where they are encouraged to made a career decision, they need to
but they cannot survive bad
develop both their minds and bodies. turn the lenses on understanding
assessment.’ Assessment is not just
Fitness breaks rest their minds and from multiple perspectives and
for confirming achievement in
can boost their academic frameworks.
subject matter.
performance.
 Insight
To prepare students for life and work of this kind, the school curriculum needs to include a
focus on the collaborative solution of real, complex problems. For example, in the senior
secondary school, rather than teaching, assessing and reporting student learning only in the
context of traditional disciplines, students could be required to work in teams on cross-
disciplinary challenges.

Through these challenges they could be taught to apply disciplinary knowledge and
understandings in new contexts and assisted to develop skills in working as a team, creating
innovative solutions, communicating, solving problems and using technology. Students’ work
on such projects could be assessed and reported alongside their subject results, providing
evidence of a broader range of 21st-century skills and attributes.
 References:

Masters, G.N. (2016). Five challenges in Australian school

education. Policy Insights Issue 5. Camberwell, VIC: ACER.

Anderson, O. (2021). Australian Education System: Everything You

Need to know. Retrieved from
https://www.allassignmenthelp.com/blog/australian-education-
system/
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