COMPARISON BETWEEEN THE EDUCATION IN MEXICO AND COLOMBIA BY VIVIANA CALVACHE

School grades

Level / Grade, Age (Years old)

• Pre-School
• Kindergarden5–6; beginning of "basic"
• Primary School
  1st Grade, 6–7
  2nd Grade, 7–8
  3rd Grade, 8–9
  4th Grade, 9–10
  5th Grade, 10–11
  6th Grade, 11–12
• Secundaria
  First grade, 12–13
  Second grade, 13–14
  Third grade, 14–15
• Preparatoria
  First Semester, 15; middle school and high school education .
  Second Semester, 15–16
  Third Semester, 16
  Fourth Semester, 16–17
  Fifth Semester, 17
  Sixth Semester, 17–18
  There are some "2- year B
• University; beginning of "higher" education
  • Four or five years leading to a Licenciatura
• Postgraduate
  • Two to three years leading to
  • Three or more years after the completion
• 
  Education in Colombia

comprehends the formal and non-formal education
Formal education is composed of nursery school, elementary school, high school and technical instruction and college education.
The basic goal expected for the average citizen is of 11 grades (elementary school and mid highschool).
The covering of basic education for the state institutions is about 50%.
The private institutions cover the other 50% and most of the technical and university formation, due to the scarcity of public resources destined to education.