Education in Phinbella

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Education in Phinbella

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Phinbellan Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	Tengku Armand Zakaria
National education budget (1731 AN)
Budget	ðƒ34.8 billion (kr.34.8 billion)
Per student	ðƒ8.2 million (kr.8.2 million)
General details
Primary languages	Phineaner (official), Taesongean, Batavian and Romansh (national), Istvanistani and Yapreayan
System type	Federal, state or SAR, local, private
Established	-40BP
Literacy (1734 AN)
Total	92.8% (all 12 yrs and above)
Male	92.3% total, 97.4% 12–20 yrs
Female	84.5% total, 91.9% 12–20 yrs
Enrollment
Total	32.8 million with 842 thousand teachers, incl. 1.8 million pre-school
Primary	21.9 million
Secondary	7.3 million
Post secondary	2.8 million
Attainment
Secondary diploma	95.97%
Post-secondary diploma	49.31%

Education in Phinbella, a realm in the Order of the Holy Lakes is managed by the Federal Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Although education is the responsibility of the federal government of Phinbella, each territory of the state, directly-administered territory, special administrative territory and dependent territory has a Department of Education to coordinate educational matters within its territory. The main legislation governing education is the Education Act 2015.

According the law, the Phinbellan education system is divided into four levels: preschool, primary, secondary and higher education, and it starts from the age of four and ends between 17 and 18 years old, with compulsory education at the primary, secondary and higher levels, lasting ten years from the ages of 7 to 17, however, it is used in the Free area of the Federation and dependent territories, While the education system in the special administrative region of Phinbella is different and has a different school calendar, education is compulsory in the special administrative region between the ages of five and eight and ends somewhere between the ages of 16 and 18. The education system in Phinbella is also divided into public and private education, where public education provides free education for all Phinbellan citizens, available from a multilingual national school system. While private education also provides education by charging a monthly fee, can be obtained from private or international educational institutions. Homeschooling is also allowed under certain circumstances. Standardized testing is a common feature in Phinbella and other Phineonesian realms, but unlike that, standardized testing in Phinbella only occurs in grades two and three of high school.

The contemporary Phinbellan education system is a result of the influence of education systems from abroad, which established modern institutions and education systems. The modern Phinbellan education system provides learning at all levels in the national and mother tongue languages. Current education policies in Phinbella focus on promoting lifelong learning, advanced professional education, and internationalizing higher education through initiatives such as accepting more inter-realm and international students even though Phinbella has a very young and growing population since the 1730 AN census.

School levels

The academic year in the Free area of the Federation begins in February, and classes are usually held from Tuesday to Saturday. The school year is divided into two terms, the first semester from February to June and the second semester from August to December, separated by long school holidays in winter and summer, with mid-term holidays in April and October for one week. In contrast to Kota Hilir, the academic year begins in April and is divided into two terms with six-week summer and winter holidays. In the Tri-State Area and Oriental Taemhwan, the academic year usually begins in late August or early September after a 104-day summer vacation, and the end of the school year is in late May or early June, and classes are usually held from Monday to Friday. Tanah Baharu uses the Petrosian education system with two terms, the first starting in July and ending in December, while the second starting in January and ending in June. Universities in Phinbella usually have two semesters, with the second semester starting in September or October, incorporating the New Year holiday towards the end of the semester.

The year structure is summarised below:

Typical age	Grade
	Free area of the Federation	Kota Hilir	Tri-State Area	Oriental Taemhwan	Tanah Baharu	Vernacular
						Yapreayan	Istvanistani
2+	Pre-school playgroup		Pre-school playgroup (2–5)		Pre-school playgroup		Pre-school
3+							Kindergarten
4+	Kindergarten	Kindergarten			Kindergarten	Kindergarten
5+			Kindergarten (5–6)
6+		1	1st (6–7)		Grade 1 SD (6–7)		Primary 1
7+	Form 1 SK	2	2nd (7–8)		Grade 2 SD (7–8)	Primary 1	Primary 2
8+	Form 2 SK	3	3rd (8–9)		Grade 3 SD (8–9)	Primary 2	Primary 3
9+	Form 3 SK	4	4th (9–10)		Grade 4 SD (9–10)	Primary 3	Primary 4
10+	Form 4 SK	5	5th (10–11)		Grade 5 SD (10–11)	Primary 4	Primary 5
11+	Form 5 SK	6	6th (11–12)		Grade 6 SD (11–12)	Primary 5	Primary 6
12+	Form 1 SMK	1 (7th)	7th (12–13)		Grade 1 SMP (12–13)	Junior Middle 1	Secondary 1
13+	Form 2 SMK	2 (8th)	8th (13–14)		Grade 2 SMP (13–14)	Junior Middle 2	Secondary 2
14+	Form 3 SMK	3 (9th)	9th / Freshman (14–15)		Grade 3 SMP (14–15)	Junior Middle 3	Secondary 3
15+	Form 4 SMK	1 (10th)	10th / Sophomore (15–16)		Grade 1 SMA (15–16)	Senior Middle 1	Secondary 4
16+	Form 1 STK	2 (11th)	11th / Junior (16–17)		Grade 2 SMA (16–17)	Senior Middle 2	Secondary 5
17+	Form 2 STK	3 (12th)	12th / Senior (17–18)		Grade 3 SMA (17–18)	Senior Middle 3	Secondary 6
18+	Form 3 STK	Pre-University				Pre-University
19+	Associate's./|\.Foundation's
20+
21+	Bachelor's
22+
23+	Master's
24+
25+	Ph.D.
26+
27+