How to Continue Education in Spain?
Jun 24th, 2008 by admin
One of the variants for further education in Spain after getting the certificate of secondary education is vocational training (formacion profesional or FP). Usually this variant is chosen by pupils who didn’t get enough scores for baccalaureate (bachillerato) or who are not enough clever for baccalaureate.
Recently vocational training schools go a higher status in order to give more opportunities for their pupils on the job market. Some of vocational training courses give the possibility to pass baccalaureate program and enter the university.
Vocational training education is divided into two cycles. First one is FP1 (grado medio) and this cycle is available for pupils who after secondary school got the title “graduado en educacion secundaria” and who want to dedicate their time to receiving profession then to study for the baccalaureate.
Second cycle is FP2 (grado superior) for pupils who passed the baccalaureate or “examen de prueba de acceso a formacion professional”.
Studies of FP pupils consist of classroom classes and practical raining at certain organization or firm. Vocational training is free both in public and private establishments. Today a lot of vocational training courses are dedicated to IT and telecommunications and European languages, mostly English and German.
Those who finished “grado medio” receive certificate of technical specialist (especialista tecnico). Those pupils who finished “grado superior” get certificate of superior technical (tecnico superior) and with this certificate they can enter the university.