Title: Education System Vocabulary
Course: Study PrepProg - Improve Your English from B1 to B2 Level > Section: Orientation

- Early childhood education and care
  - kindergarten (AmE)
  - preschool (BrE)
  - pre-primary school
- Primary School / Comprehensive School / Basic Education
  - elementary school (AmE)
  - primary school (BrE)
  - junior high school (AmE)
- Secondary Education
  - secondary school (BrE)
  - senior high school (AmE)
  - upper secondary school (BrE)
  - sixth form (BrE)
  - vocational institution / college /school
  - apprenticeship training
- Higher Education
  - university of applied sciences
  - university

Terms related to higher education

- course = a study unit
- credit
- curriculum, curricula (pl)
- grade / mark
- assessment
- retake / resit exam
- transcript of records
- personal study plan (PSP)
- recognition of prior learning (RPL)
- academic year
- semester (AmE)/ term (BrE)
- study grant / financial aid for students / study allowance