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Location:
The Republic of Mexico is located at North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US. It covers 1.9 million square kilometers making it the 14th largest country in the world.
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Economy:
Mexico is firmly established as an upper middle-income country. Mexico is a developing country. Mexicos economy is a mixed free market.
Language:
They dont have an official constitutional language, but Spanish is widely-spoken. English is also the business language.
The Mexican teaching system can be described as more of a teacher-centered. In general there are more lectures and there is more note-taking. There is more emphasis on repetition and learning. Schoo l Facilities
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The education system of Mexico is organized as follows: Pre-school Education (Educacin Preescolar) Primary Education (Educacin Primaria) Lower-Secondary (Educacin Secundaria) Upper-Secondary Education (Educacin Media Superior) Higher Education (Educacin Superior)
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Tertiary Education
Vocational Education
Lower Secondary
Primary School
Pre-school
Tertiary Education
Preparatoria
programs that combine an academic curriculum with vocational training. programs that are vocational in nature and do not lead to higher education.
Terminal Education
General Structure of Bachelor's Degree Programs There are different types of Graduate courses. The four-year graduate courses offered at colleges and universities are known by the name 'licenciatura'. Apart from this, there are various three-five year courses for engineering and management studies offered by technical institutes. There are technological universities as well, that offer 2-year courses designed to train students to become 'Higher University Technicians'.
MEXICO
SECRETARIATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION EDUCATION BUDGET 5.9% OF GDP Basic Education: Pre-school; Primary; Lower Secondary School (Free) Lower Secondary 3 yrs. Upper Secondary 3 yrs.
PHILIPPINES
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EDUCATION BUDGET NEARLY 3% OF GDP. Pre-School; Primary and Junior and Senior High School (Free) Junior High 4 yrs. Senior High 2 yrs. Begins: June Ends: March Vacation: Apr & Dec 5x a week;6 hrs a day Minimum of 200days/yr Teaching Load: 6 hrs/day
Academic Calendar: Begins: September Ends: June 30th Vacations: July, Dec & Apr 5x a week; 5hrs per day Minimum of 200 days/yr Teaching Load: 4hrs/day (primary) 5 hours(academic) plus 1 hr
Despite high levels of spending relative to GDP as well as available public resources, Mexico has seen limited progress when it comes to the quality of students learning and the number of enrollments, especially in the tertiary level. Pre-school 4-5/10 (before) 10/10 (mandatory) Primary school 10/10 Secondary school 6/10 University just 2-3/10
Mexico successfully promotes basic education, but does not produce enough skilled workers.
students Lower Secondary: 5-6 hrs / day OECD average is 4 hrs and 40 mins / day
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