Kindergarten is optional for children aged four and five. Mandatory
education begins at age six and ends at fourteen.
Mandatory education in Argentina is divided in three phases. The first comprises
grades first to ninth, and is called Educación
General Básica or EGB (Basic
General Education). EGB is divided in three stages, called ciclos
("cycles"). EGB is mandatory for all students, although dropout rates are high
in some parts of the country and the laws are rarely enforced. Education is
funded by tax payers at all levels except for graduate studies. Public
primary schools are free, but there are no public school buses and students
must buy their own books and uniforms. The EGB cycles are listed below:
- EGB I: 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade
- EGB II: 4th, 5th and 6th grade
- EGB III: 7th, 8th and 9th grade
Primary education runs from grades 1 through 6. Until 1995, primary schools
also included grade 7.
Secondary education in Argentina is called Polimodal
("polymodal", which means multiple modes), because it allows the student to
select his or her own program. Students were not obliged to complete secondary
school, but it was a requirement for college admission. Polimodal
is usually three years, although some schools have four years. Unlike many primary
schools which dropped 7th grade, most secondary schools accepted students in
7th grade, allowing them to keep the same classmates for their entire school
cycle.
For children with special needs, there are separate programs. There are also
many private schools at every level of education. Private schools are often
sponsored by churches or organizations and charge tuition fees.
In December 2006 the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine
Congress passed a new National Education Law restoring
the old system of primary followed by secondary education, making secondary
education obligatory and a right, and increasing the length of compulsory education
to 13 years. The government began putting the law into effect in 2007. For students
who wish to continue their education beyond secondary school, there are many
state-run, taxpayer-funded universities in Argentina, as well as a number of
private universities. Foreign students who wish to attend
university in Argentina must obtain a student visa, and also ensure that
their educational credentials will be accepted at the Argentinean university.
List of Universities in and around Buenos Aires:
Public
- University
of Buenos Aires (U of BA)
- National University of General San Martín (NU of SAM)
- National University of General Sarmiento (NU of GS)
- National University of La Matanza (NU of LM)
- National University of La Plata (NU of LP)
- National University of the South (NU of the S)
- National University of Lanús (NU of L)
- National University of Lomas de Zamora (NU of LZ)
- National University of Luján (NU of Lu)
- National University of Mar del Plata (NU of MP)
- National University of Quilmes (NU of Q)
- National University of Tres de Febrero (NU of TREF)
- National University of the Center Buenos Aires (NU of the CEN)
- National University of the Northwest Buenos Aires (NU of the NW)
- Superior Teaching Institute of the Army
- National University Institute of Arts
- Jorge A. Sábato Institute
Private
- Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Fundación H.A. Barceló
- Austral University
- University of the Argentine Social Museum
- Buenos Aires Institute of Technology
- University of CEMA
- Instituto Universitario de Estudios Navales y Marítimos
- Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
- IAE Austral University
- Maimónides University
- Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
- Argentine University of Business)
- John F. Kennedy Argentine University
- Argentine Atlantis University
- CAECE University
- Open Interamerican University
- Catholic University of La Plata
- University of Belgrano (U of B)
- University of Enterprises and Socials Sciences
- University of Flores (U of F)
- National University of the Merchant Marine
- Fraternity and Group University of the Saint Tomás de Aquino
- Diocesan School of Social Service
- University of Morón (U of M)
- University of Palermo (U of P - Buenos Aires)
- University of San Andrés
- University of the Cinema
- Universidad del Salvador
- Torcuato di Tella University
- Favaloro University
- University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police
- University School of Theology
- Superior School of Economics and Enterprise Management
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