Congo Educational system

            Ecole Maternelle ( Kindergarten)
 
           Ecole Primaire (Primary School)

.          Ecole Secondaire (Secondary School)

.            Université and Instituts Supérieurs (Higher Education).    

I. The Ecole Maternelle (Kindergarten)

A three-year program for youngsters from three to five-years, which is not obligatory

II. The Ecole Primaire (Primary School)

a six-year project separated into three levels of two years each, in particular, a rudimentary level for youngsters six to seven years of age; a center level for kids eight to nine years of age, and a terminal level for kids ten to eleven years of age. The ages must be regarded to go starting with one level then onto the next.

Amid the school year, the student is liable to steady control through a progression of instructional exercises, tests and exams. To go starting with one class then onto the next, he must get a base general rate of half on this control and a base rate of half in real subjects: French, Calculus, Sciences, Drawing, Reading and Writing. He can rehash the class just once.

A Certificat d'Ecole Primaire is endless supply of the six-year program.

III. The Ecole Secondaire (Secondary School)

The Certificat d'Ecole Primaire serves as the premise for admission to auxiliary school.

This is a six-year project separated into lower level auxiliary training and upper level optional instruction.

Lower Level Secondary Education

A two-year center project for general optional training for youngsters twelve to fifteen-years of age. Last test of the years taken in all subjects on the system in one week. Least passing general rate: half (counting imprints on instructional exercises, tests and last test of the years)

Upper Level Secondary Education

A system from the third year of optional instruction to the 6th year for youngsters fourteen to seventeen years of age who effectively finish the lower level auxiliary training.

From the third year, the understudy picks an alternative (major) which is his planned field of learn at the college or an organization of advanced education. Endless supply of lower level optional training, the understudy is conceded in either the cycle (long cycle project) or the cycle court (short cycle program).

 A. The Cycle (Long Cycle)

A four-year project partitioned into scholarly, exploratory, business, social, imaginative, professional (for ladies), agrarian, veterinarian, restorative, pedagogical and proficient/specialized segments.

Passing rate starting with one class then onto the next: least generally speaking of half (counting instructional exercises, tests and exams). Toward the end of the four-year program, the understudy sits for the Examen d'Etat ( State Examination) in every one of the subjects on the system in four days.

The Diplome d'Etat (State Diploma) is recompensed after passing the examen d'Etat with half or more.

B. The Cycle Court (Short Cycle)

An a few year program in expert/specialized fields after finish of lower level optional training. The Brevet (in region of specialization) is honored subsequent to passing the exams in all subjects on the system with half or more.

Territories of focus after the two-year center system of Lower Level Secondary Education Sections:

1.            Literary

2.            Latin-Philosophy 4yrs

3.            Scientific

4.            Math-Physics 4yrs

5.            Chemistry-Biology

6.            Commercial

7.            Commerce 4yrs

8.            Commerce & 4yrs Administration

9.            Social

10.          Social Sciences 4yrs

11.          Artistic

12.          Plastic Art

13.          Dramatic Arts 4 yrs

14.          Music

15.          Vocational

16.          Tailoring 2yrs

17.          Hostess Training

18.          Tailoring 4yrs Hostess Training

19.          Agriculture

20.          Agriculture 4yrs

21.          Horticulture

22.          Food &Nutrition

23.          Veterinary 4yrs

24.          Professional/Technical

25.          Auto-mechanics 3yrs

26.          Carpentry

27.          Masonry 3yrs

28.          Electricity

29.          Printing

30.          General Mechanics 4yrs

31.          Machine-Tools

32.          Electricity 4yrs Construction

33.          Electronics

34.          Medical

35.          Health Care 5/6 yrs Education

36.          Pedagogical

37.          General Pedagogy 4yrs

38.          Physical Education

* The school year is partitioned into two semesters and every semester (6 months) into two times of 3 months each. Toward the end of a period, the understudy more likely than not sat for the same number of tests as the hours of a course for each week. For instance, for a course of 5 hr./week, the understudy must sit for no less than 5 tests (in addition to instructional exercises) toward the end of a period.

* At the end of the first semester, the understudy must sit for examinations in every one of the subjects taken amid the semester in one week for lower classes or four days for high societies. He/she must get a base general normal of 55% in high societies and half in lower classes. Else, he/she must stride back to a lower class.

* At the end of the second semester, the school composes its last examinations for four days. The understudy in the upper 6th must get 55% base general aggregate on these examinations. If there should be an occurrence of disappointment, he/she must be permitted to sit second time for two subjects not particular to the area in which he/she is selected. In lower classes, he/she must get half least general aggregate and can sit a second time for four subjects he/she fizzled.

* The last grade toward the end of every school year comprises of the aggregate imprints earned amid the first and second semesters.

The Brevet (In region of specialization) is recompensed toward the end of the Cycle Court (Short Cycle) program.

The understudy in the humanities or Cycle (Long Cycle) must sit for the Examen d'Etat (State Examination) composed by the State in four days in every one of the subjects on the project of every segment.