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68Pre-school, primary andlower secondary schoolSCHOOL AND EDUCATIONIn the older grades, they may worktogether and sit for examinations ingroups. At higher education institutions inthe university sector, students are oftendivided into study groups that meet bothprivately and on campus to cooperate onassignments.The municipal primary and lowersecondary school (Folkeskole) providesfree education on an equal basis to allchildren.This includes one-year pre-schoolclass followed by nine years of compulsorybasic school plus an optional one-year10th grade.Pre-school classCompulsory education covers grades 1 to9. However, most pupils start in pre-schoolclass at the age of five or six.Pre-school class mixes playing andlearning. The children learn the alphabet,sing, play and develop rhyming and jingleskills.The aim of pre-school class is toprepare the pupils for daily life in school.Some of the children who meet in preclassschool may become classmates in1st grade.Municipal primary and lowersecondary schoolsThe municipal primary and lowersecondary schools are comprehensiveschools, meaning that all pupils are taughttogether in the same group through allgrades, i.e. without streaming.Getting used to schoolthrough playingAll pupils staytogether in the sameclass