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The Ministry of education of the mified
besl to reDove lhes diff'ereD@s ard solve the problems. Tie 6rst
step was to uiry dE educstioMl ladder. The new ladder appea6 as
l.Th. PGb.sic Fiuotion Saig.. 'Ihjs iDcludd both ^€ry and
kinderga<strong>rt</strong>o Th€ cnnd is adni<strong>tt</strong>ed in th€ s.h@l at the age of thEe
and stsys Ihqe util ihe age ofsix.
2.The Bric f.du@tior Sarge. This stage includes whal was
p.eviowly called the Diddle staSe and pan of high or secondary
stage. In othd word!, it comists ofclasses fiom I io IX. The student
joins the primry stage at the ag. of $( (ir Palisrar at th€ age of
five) and spends nine yeais at this stage (basic eduarion).
Fducation at this slaAe is crnpulsory aod 6 e!.
3,The Secod.ry S.rge: Th€ secondary school system ha3
t€@iEd ,s it was b€turc the rcwific5do,) except h let6 of the
content of the syllabi and the Mbe. of school subjectr. Mosr the
subjects that were studied in rhe Nonh de r€inrroduced as dEy are
in hamony wilh the geneml educalional policy of the new
govet'llml- Ile s@oDdlry stage is a lerminal ong and afier tha!
the si.dent cm move to the university or higher education. In this
secondary stage the stldo! spmds t<strong>hr</strong>ee years. ID th€ fiFt
se@ndary class he studies g@r!l subj€cls of both $ieme and
h@aritjes. It is or y fiom sond $condary clais€s (rhe largeted
group of this study) that specializatior begiro. Tbe student hls ro
cboose between two min options, eieE and a<strong>rt</strong>s Gen€El). This
stage is abo nee, yet it is no mE cornpdsory.
Comirg lo English €ducation h yema! oDe can say rlEr
E Slish tr6 irblduced s a subj€ct ad th€ stldor's 6$t coniact
with it i, fton class rylll of what is now caled baic school <strong>rt</strong>
dtiru.s to b€ studjed as a subj@r rill the fEl y@ of rhe
second!.y school. It is allotred fir€ p€nods a weelc Engjsh
ed@lion i! one of the a.eas $ar N gjv€D norc anstior. AD
intensive €view of the existing texrboob was undenake4 which
finally led to tbeir Eplacemerr by rew @s. Another advantage of
English over olher subjecrs is in the field oft ainine. Many Enslish
l4chers in the past few y€N werc lucky mwh io bave sore