education sistem

chile in the primary and secondary is obligatory for all persons The Chilean state provides a system of extensive educationsystem is based in a direct payment to the schools based on assistance, in practical terms, if the students moves to other school, his assistance payments moves too.The levels of education in Chile are: 
Pre-school: For children up to 5 years old, optional for 1 grade. 
Primary school, (Basic Education) for children from 5-13 years old, divided into 8 grades. 
Secondary school (secondary education) for teenagers from 13-18 years old, divided into 4 grades. 
Secondary school is also divided into: 
Scientific-humanities approach: From Third Middle (11th grade) in highschool, students can choose to major in either science (math, physics, chemistry, biology), or humanities (literature, history, sociology), which means they will get more lessons in the area of their choice. 
Technical-Professional education: Students receive 'extra' education in the so-called 'technical' areas, such as electricity, mechanics, metal assembly, and so on. This second type of education is more typical of public schools (Schools), to give students from poor areas a chance to work right away after completion of highschool, as a possible way to fund a higher education career later.
University, a divided system in public or 'state' universities and a private system.