What are the differences between primary and secondary education?

During world educational systems, education is generally divided into primary and secondary education with the possibility of students to also study postsecondary education in many systems. The boundary between primary and secondary education will vary between educational systems. In most cases, basic education includes the first six to eight years of education of a child with secondary education, which includes adolescent years. Some systems also make secondary education compulsory. In the United States, for example, most states require the child to obtain primary and secondary education. In developing countries of the world, although elementary education may be available, it is often unrealistic for children for reasons such as transport and the need to help family earn money or take care of home. Many international organizations, such as the UN for education, scientific and cultural organizations (UNESCO), lead pressure to ensure that all children receive at least the basic primary level of education.

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boundary between primary and secondary education may vary between systems, some of which also use secondary or junior high designations as a transitional period between primary and secondary education. In most systems, basic education begins around five or six years and continues until the child enters adolescence at the age of 12 or 13 years. Secondary education takes up another two to four years in most educational systems.

For example, in the United States, basic education at the age of five or six begins and continues until the sixth grade completion in most systems. The secondary school then lasts for another two or three years and then the student enters Secondary Education. After compulsory education, the student ends when the student successfully completes four years of secondary education. In other countries like Mexico, the student's secondary education ends closer to 15 or 16 years when the child can get outDnit to enter a technical school, study a university degree or look for a job.

After the completion of high school, most educational systems provide students with the opportunity to continue with higher education for access to the postsecondary educational institution, often referred to as college or university. In most systems, admission to university or university is competitive. Postsecondary education can lead to a student to receive a bachelor's degree, a master's degree or a doctorate.