English term (edited): Nivel Inferior al segundo ciclo de la ense�anza Secundaria

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English term (edited): Nivel Inferior al segundo ciclo de la ense�anza Secundaria

assuming that if you have a level below the second stage (cycle), you must have the 1st stage (cycle) or even less than that, i.e. primary education

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Another idea is:

lower secondary education and below,

but I don't think that is as precise.

You may find this link useful:

Related terms:

Pre-primary education (ISCED level 0)
Primary education or first stage of basic education (ISCED level 1)
Lower secondary or second stage of basic education (ISCED level 2)
Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED level 4)
First stage of tertiary education (ISCED level 5)
Second stage of tertiary education (ISCED level 6)

(the article talks about Upper secondary education)

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Glossary: Lower secondary or second stage of basic education (ISCED level 2)
FR: Premier cycle de l\'enseignement secondaire ou deuxième cycle de l\'éducation de base (niveau 2 de la CITE)
DE: Sekundarbereich 1 oder zweite Stufe der Grundausbildung (ISCED Stufe 2)

it\'s in French and German, but near enough :-)
http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/coded/info/data/coded/en...

This is for Scotland:
The first four years of secondary education are divided into two broad stages, each of which has a different emphasis. The first two years (S1 and S2) provide a general education as part of the 5-14 Curriculum; the second two years (S3 and S4) have elements of specialism and of vocational education for all. These two stages culminate in the award of the Scottish Qualifications Certificate (SQC) at Standard Grade or equivalent National Qualification levels. From session 1999-2000, however, schools have been able, in appropriate cases, to take advantage of flexibility in the system and present pupils for Standard Grade assessment in S3.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/education/ndets-06.asp

English term (edited): Nivel Inferior al segundo ciclo de la ense�anza Secundaria

This is what they called it at my daughters' school.
- Preschool (pre-kinder & kindergarten)
- Lower school (1st - 5th years)
- Middle school (6th - 8th years)
- High school (1st - 4th years)

English term (edited): Nivel Inferior al segundo ciclo de la ense�anza Secundaria

In Spain and UK when you go to secondary school there are two ways you can go.
Do the first national cycle which will get you the kind of qualifications with which you can then go onto to vocational training eg FP and GNVQ . Please note the education laws are constantly changing now in both countries SO whereas before the FP OR GNVQ
happened in a differerent place now especially in Spain they are being amalgamated into the same school.
The other way to go is to say two more years at school and do the higher cycle ( A levels in UK) which get you into University. Hope it helps to understand the systems.
Tomás