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Grade Age Pre-elementary school: Kindergarten 5-6 or 4-5 and up Compulsory education Elementary school: Grade 1 6-7 or 5-6 and up Grade 2 7-8 or 6-7 and up Grade 3 8-9 or 7-8 and up Grade 4 9-10 or 8-9 and up Grade 5 10-11 or 9-10 and up Grade 6 11-12 or 10-11 and up High school: 1st year 12-13 or 11-12 and up 2nd year 13-14 or 12-13 and up 3rd ...
Grade Age School Stage Kindergarten: 5–6 or 4–5 Preschool: Elementary school: Grade 1: 6–7 or 5–6 Primary school: Grade 2: 7–8 or 6–7 Grade 3: 8–9 or 7–8 Grade 4: 9–10 or 8–9 Grade 5: 10–11 or 9–10 Grade 6: 11–12 or 10–11 Grade 7 12–13 or 11–12 Secondary school: Junior high school: Grade 8 13–14 or 12–13
Primary education in Costa Rica is required by law for most children in the country between the ages of 6 and 13. Because of this, their literacy is 98% which is one of the highest in Latin America. Primary education starts in first grade and goes through sixth grade. Education is generally free to students.
From the 10th grade onwards, including tertiary education, a 20-point grading scale is used, with 10 passing grades and 10 failing grades, with 20 being the highest grade possible and 9.5, rounded upwards to 10, the minimum grade for passing. This 20-point system is used both for test scores and grades.
In the Philippines, some universities follow a 4-Point Scale, which resembles or is equivalent to the U.S. grading system. This system uses a grade between 0.00 to 4.00 wherein 4.00 is the highest and 0.00 being a failing mark. Other universities follow a 5-Point Scale, wherein the highest grade is a 1.00 and the lowest is a 5.00 (failing mark).
A standard was created in 1940, when Claudio Teehankee (future Supreme Court Chief Justice), from the Ateneo Law School, got a grade of 94.35% when he topped the examinations. This record was obliterated four years later in 1944 when Jovito Salonga and Jose W. Diokno tied with the highest score of 95.3%.
Rizal High School (Filipino: Mataas na Paaralang Rizal) or commonly known as RHS an institution of secondary education based in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines, has been listed as the "largest secondary school in the world" [2] since 1993 by the Guinness Book of World Records until 2005 when City Montessori School in Lucknow, India held the title of the world's biggest school, when it had ...
In 1954, the Court lowered the passing grade to 72.5%, even if the passing percentage was already at its highest at 75.17%. In 1999, moves to lower the passing grade to 74% failed, after Justice Fidel Purisima, bar committee chairman failed to disclose that his nephew took the examination. He was censured and his honoraria was reduced to half. [15]