The Danish Education System by Vincent Dreyer

The Danish Education System


Denmark is well known for its education system which is paid by the government. Because of the economic support, everyone gets a chance to break their social status and get to the top in society.
The education system is structured by three steps.
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1. Step
The first step is primary school, it can be done in different ways as the parents choose for their child. It can be a private school or a municipal school. Primary school takes 9 years of schooling to complete; it goes from 1st grade to 9th grade. 0th grade and 10th grade is voluntary. It’s also a possibility to take the primary school education at home, because Denmark doesn’t have compulsory school attendance, only compulsory education attendance. Also at continuation schools the students can take their last years from 8th to 10th grade. At the end of the 9th grade students have to take the leaving certificate examinations which contains of several written and oral examinations. Further steps in the system require the 9th grade leaving certificate.













10th grade is an extra voluntary year. At the end of 10th grade, students have to decide
if a 9th grade or 10th grade examination is wanted to get the leaving certificate.

2. Step
After primary school is completed it’s able to pick a further youth-education this can, for example, be the upper-secondary school or vocational studies studies.
There are a lot of opportunities after primary school, but most chosen is the upper-secondary-school level (STX/HF) (High-school) and technical educations (HTX) and business schools (HHX). To get to these levels, the 9th grade leaving certificate is required.
The upper-secondary school is 3 years expiration. In this education the student have to choose subjects on different levels. The subjects Danish and history are always obligatory on high level.
The HF education is very like the upper-secondary-school but it’s only takes 2 years to complete but it’s still the same curriculum the students have to complete. The HF programme can also be taken on a single-subject basis and is also taught in evening classes.
The HTX education is a technical education based on subjects with scientific and technique on a high level.

3. Step
After the youth-educations it’s able to choose a short, medium or long education. The short education is about 2 years long. It can be for an example creative/artistic, technical, or health-care educations.
The medium educations are about 3 to 4, 5 years long. It can be studies like: linguistic, pedagogy, social studies, economy etc.
The long educations are about 4-6 years long. A lot of these educations contain subjects as theory and science. To get in these educations it normally requires a average number of grades from the youth-education.
When the last step is completed the labour-marked is ready for the new educated Danish youngsters.