For south Africa when you finshed school the exams are called matric finals

For Australia, it depends the age a student starts. My sis started at 4 (turning 5), I started at 5 (turning 6). But that’s when we started prep which I consider part of primary school. I forgot to say. The cut-off date (QLD) did only start for those born in 2002/2003 (I’m pretty sure), so he most likely would not know much about that unless he had children/nephews/nieces.

The final exam in South Africa is either called matric exams or final exams and the test you write to get into a university is called an NBT(National Benchmark Test) ❤️

I can confidently say these guys don’t know what the hell they’re talking about

Me who went to school from the age of 3 be like: 👁_👁

im from victoria, Australia and we start school when we are 5 years old, so we go for 13 years

This was briefly mentioned, but in Australia, and probably many countries, education is state run, not done federally, so what the Aussie guy is talking about really only applies to Queensland. I'm a NSW primary teacher and kids start between the ages of 4.5 and 5.5 with kindergarten and there are 13 years of schooling with primary being K-6 and high being 7-12.

Being an Indian after seeing this video my reaction was like🤔😱 I think India's can relate In india! Pre school. (2 1/2years - 3years) Kindergarden (Lkg-Ukg ). (4years - 5years) Primary(1st std -5th std). (6years-10years) Secondary (6th std -8th std). (11years-13years) High school (9th std -10th std). (14years -15years) Higher secondary (11th std -12th std). (16years-17years) There is not just one exam to get into college/university but different exam for different courses Eg. :jee, neet,nata,gate College/university.(batchelor degree) (depends on the course usually between 3-5years) (Master degree). (Depends on the course usually between 1-3years)

John - Are you forgetting Kindergarten? Usually beginning at 5 y/o. And then Preschool for 3-4 y/o.

UK: PreSchool - 2-4 Primary - 4-11 Secondary- 11-16 College/Sixth Form - 16-18 University- 18-22

I’m from queensland australia and graduated last year so I’ll tell you how it went for me :) So we start age 5/6 in prep (depending on when your birthday is- after July you start the year after you turn 5 and before July you start the year you turn 5). We also have pre schools but that isn’t mandatory and is like a child care centre starting at any age. Primary school is now grade 1-6 (we use both grade and year e.g grade 1 or year 1). High school is now grade 7-12. We used to do the OP system but have changed in 2019 to ATAR. Many people use TAFE or other bridging courses to get into uni but we have a unit with final exams with all our subjects which create percentages that go into your final ATAR (you need a certain ATAR to get into certain courses- and may need to fo further exams to get into the courses also) and you don’t have to do ATAR to graduate high school you only need QCE points to graduate which you get from passing subjects. ATAR comes from percentages and only starts at unit 3 until end of unit 4 whereas QCE points start at unit 1 until the end of unit 4. Unit 1-2: I get a QCE point for getting 50% from an assignment or exam and it doesn’t go towards my ATAR Unit 3-4: I get 75% on a test, giving me a QCE point and a higher score for ATAR whereas 50% would still get me a QCE point but would lower my ATAR score. We have 4 units over grades 11 and 12 as shared above. We also can do certificates thru tafe and just thru school (depending on your school) that can get you QCE points and certifications you can use to get jobs! We also got graded A-E (A being highest, E being lowest) or N (didn’t complete it) from grades 1-10. Then Grade 11 was an S (pass) and SE, I think (fail) they didn’t give us percentages until unit 3 and 4 which was grade 12 :) and then the percentages from the assignments gave us an ATAR from scores 1-99.9 (1 being lowest and 99.9 being highest) The Aussie guy got the grading for uni so don’t need to explain that. Many wonderful opportunities in Australia and it’s a blessing to be able to use them.

I feel like the South African lady is a bit behind the curve on the education system for a video that came out 7 months ago. I legit thought this video was years old. There are some things that she forgot to mention that had been in place since she was in school, but maybe she forgot about: -Standard-based grading was a prevalent approach to education up until 2008, when the education minister of that time initiated the Outcomes-based education system. -If you went to a certain specialist school, some years in high school such as 8 and 9 were mashed together leading to a grade 13 for vocational training. -Year 12 has 2 exams. First exam is mid-year and is called your preliminary exam. Then there are your final year exams which when compared to your prelim marks, determine whether you qualify for a National Senior Certificate, which tells you that you've completed high school with a qualification to study, depending on your marks, a bachelor's degree, a diploma or a higher certificate in university or college. South Africa does not have a GPA, but we do have an APS (admission point score) which is determined by the final year markshow many credits you have to qualify for admission to a specific course. The highest achievable APS is 42, however one of the subjects, Life Orientation is excluded as it is not a course specific subject and focuses more on sex education, life skills and physical education. -Most of South Africa's universities follow a model based on the British system.

For South Africa 🇿🇦 Final Matric exams are the NSC examinations standing for the National Senior Certificate

In south africa now after we finish our matric exams (gr 12 finals) our percentages are converted to an APS (admission point score). Its different according to which university/tertiary institution you're going to but generally it goes as follows: 80-100% = 7 70-79% = 6 60 - 69% = 5 50 - 59% = 4 40 - 49% = 3 30 - 39% = 2 0 - 29% = 1

In South Africa the test which students take to get get admission for University is called Matric Exams. Within the exams, they are differentiated into two parts. Government schools are using NCS, then for private schools is IEB

I’m Australia an atar is not a test it’s your combined grades put through a system to get a final score and you have to achieve a certain number for certain university courses.

That guy from Australia is saying things so off but I guess he must be in another state because everything he is saying is wrong from a NSW point

in most South African universities 75% is a distinction

I love how informative these videos are !!!!

I’m from Victoria, Australia. It is also possible to start school at 4 years old, and do kindergarten at 3 years old, as I have done.

Why on earth would you pick a guy who was homeschooled to talk about the American school system lol he didn’t even know kindergarten was a think apparently 🥴

I'm 20 from South Africa, recently many people start going to school from 4 or 5 for grade R

I actually started school at 4.5 in Australia. The cut-off was June, our year went from Feb to December, so everyone is between 4.5 and 5.5. It's the same in every state. The Australian guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

lekker Chantelle!!, Amazing and knowledgeable representation of South Africa zazazaza

Most kids in the USA go to structured Kindergarten at age 5, and that is nearly always within the context of an elementary school. When kids start in Kindergarten, they complete 13 years when they graduate from high school. As for numbers associated with grading at universities, it's typically like this: A=90-100, B=80-89, C=70-79, D=60-69, F=under 60.

I remembered that John was homeschooled when I saw the look of confusion on his face for the whole video, so here is an American perspective of someone who went to public school (I graduated in 2015). 1. I started kindergarten when I was 4. 2. My cities school system starts at Central Elementary which is k-5. Then there is Junior High 6-8 then High school 9-12 (the Junior High and High school are in one building but in separate parts). 3. K-12 would be 13 years until graduation. 4. Students take the SAT or the ACT. I took the ACT, but it's more common for students to take the SAT right now. 5. Associate degree is 2 years, Bachelors is 4 years, Masters is 6+ years, and Doctorate is 8+ years. 6. We use letters for grades in all learning systems. A 100-91, B 90-81, C 80-71, D 70-61, E 60 and less. We do have GPA but I never cared about it so I don't remember how it works. Remember that every state has different rules and regulations for our public schools while also having to follow the federal standard, so they will all be different in some way and similar in others.

England I started at 4 and did reception year then year 1, year 2 etc. It goes up to year 13 before uni but including reception year ( which is compulsory) you study for 14 years before uni. You can only study years 12 and 13 if you passed your GCSE exams.

in britain (or at least where i’m from) you do nursery age 3-4, reception age 4-5 and then do year one age 5-6 which is ‘proper school’. since the year starts in September, if your born in august you’ll be youngest in the year and three in nursery like i was, born in September one of the oldest.

School in Queensland has changed since Walter was there. Primary school is now Prep (ages 5-6) to Year 6 and Secondary (high school) is Year 7 to Year 12. TAFE (Technical and Further Education) is a college where you can learn a trade or use it as stepping stone to University. In TAFE you get a Diploma which is six months of a Bachelor degree.

In SA theres no term, and each university has different rules for grading including different systems. But we are all use percentages 0-100% Mostly pass mark is 50% Distinction 75% and above

when i was at school in south africa , primary school was called Standards (std 1 , std 2 etc) that was then changed when i was completed at school to grades. Std 1 is now called grade 3 for example

I'm from the UK and I started school when I was 3. My birthday is in August though, which is why I finished certain year groups at an age under others. 3 and 4 - nursery 5 - 11 - primary 12 - 16 secondary 17/18 - sixth form 19 - 21 university 21 to now, I am a teacher.

The US has so many variations. I would say most start at 5-6, because there is also Kindergarten which is for 5 year olds. Some areas of the country also have Intermediate schools which can be 5th and 6th grade

In the UK, we start when we are 4 and it lasts 14 years. You can go to something called nursery or preschool from the age of 2 if you want.

The tests taken are called NBT tests or placement tests for entries in some institutions also depending on ones course

I have answers as someone who currently goes to school in Australia 1) we start prep (before grade 1) at the age of 5 2) primary school 3) 13 - there’s prep, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12. 11 and 12 optional but most do them 4) ive only heard of ATAR 5) I think.p can be anywhere from 2-4 yrs 6) a lot of the time we have marks out of a certain number (a few marks rewarded for 1 right question) which are then converted to percentages and the standard grades.

In South Africa Uni's want you to take a NBT benchmark test but they mostly want your Matric results

(10:10) I know in Australia, it's different from uni to uni, but for my uni it was, you get graded based on your assignment pieces and their specific weighting, and your end results (adding all the grades together) get translated into a number and gets calculated for your GPA 4 (pass) - 50% 5 (credit) - 65% 6 (distinction) - 75% 7 (High distinction) - 85%

I would've liked a more in depth discussion about how the education systems in these countries work and how the students feel about them.

In NSW Australia, we do an exam called the HSC to receive our Atar to get into uni, but these days there are more ways to go into uni than just atar. You are only required to be in school up to year 10, but you will not receive the highest school certificate. NSW and a few other states are the only states who are doing exams for the Atar and each state is run by different systems. In NSW our current one running our education system is NESA, but before that, it was called BOSTES. We have Tafe here and there are courses that you can do that are the same as the ones at Uni. Tafe is also another way to get into uni. After NESA took over BOSTES in 2017 and now we are required to do the HSC to receive the highest school certificate.

In Victoria Australia we have in primary school, prep at age 5 or 6 depending on when you are born and then grade 1-6. High school was year 7-12 😊

Australia Start at prep now witch is primary school at around age 5 many 6/ Primary goes to grade 6 now High school starts at grade 7 through to grade 12 You can drop out at grade 11 and get a apprenticeship

In South Africa, those percentages reflect on levels from 1 to 7 with 7 being the distinction

In the uk kids have to be in school by year one (5 years old). however, before this there is there is a foundation stage or reception class which kids start at the age of 4 and which nearly all children attend.

70% in a UK Uni might be the equivalent of an "A" however, by definition of most universities is supposed to be worthy of being published in an academic journal - its a stricter set of criteria compared to international standards, thus the lower benchmark compared to say 90% elsewhere.

In SA, to enter into University now you take the National Benchmark Test (NBT)

Really helpful video ❤️

In Scotland, our years run from March- Feb. You are 3/4 for nursery. But you can go in to earlier care than that. Nursery is also extended from 9-3. Although in some places they dont have the staff and still only do 8-1 or random hours like that. Primary 4/5 -11/12 then 11/12- 17/18 for secondary and 17/18 into college or Uni and however long you want to study there. Pupils are legally allowed to leave in 4th year when they are 16.

In Philippines we used to have a 10-11 years educational system, which consists of Preschool (Kindergarten), Elementary (Grade 1-6) & High School (First Year - Fourth Year), then later change it to K-12 which become a 13 Years Educational System, which consists of now Preschool (Kindergarten), Elementary (Grade 1-6), Junior High School (Grade 7-10) & Senior High School (Grade 11&12).

In South Africa towards the end of high school, some degrees you have to write something called a National Benchmark Test (NBT). It measures academic readiness for university

For South Africa i have and had a 2 year kindergarten but some people has one and went to preschool which had grade R and double nought (double naught first) and then the school in Linda split into two with foundation phase (Gr 1-3) and intersen phase (4-7) and then high school or college

That entry test some courses require (Mostly medicine) before you get into varsity is called the NBT (National Benchmark Test)

Everyone talking about how the didn't mention preschool or whatever I think they just figured that he meant formal schooling. Which usually starts from grade 1

One thing not covered was that the years of schooling in the US are typically referred to "First grade", "Second grade", ... , "Twelfth grade" instead of "Grade one", "Grade two", ... , "Grade twelve".

I am gonna do this for the Caribbean which is influence by the British. Also varies in each island. Q1- we start from 2 yrs ( basic school) but it can be 6yrs as well Q2- Primary school Q3- We can stop at 11th (5th form ) grade but can choose to continue to 12th (6a form) or 13th (6b) grade. Its basic school to primary (1-6th grade) to secondary / high school (7th-13th or 1st-5th form + 6a n 6b) Q4- CSEC ( at 11th grade) and CAPE (12 n 13th grade) Q5- it varies on what u studying for but it's typically 2-4 years n I THINK 7+ years for doctorate Q6- a combination of 0/100 n A, B, C grading then combine to give an average grade (not a GPA) This varies too

In Queensland, up until a couple years ago, we sat a QCS test to get an OP for entry into uni

Glad to see other people struggle with explaining their school systems as well. I know that if I were to try and explain the Norwegian system in English, it would take a long time... (trust me, I have tried multiple times. It's hard.) 😂🥲

For the test taken to go to uni here in South Africa we have the Final exam (could be NSC or IEB) and then you get the NBT - the national benchmark test (which is for certain degrees though, I would say mostly science but I'm not sure)

Australian here, Specifically New South Wales: Primary school starts with kindergarten, then each subsequent year you move up 1, so it goes Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. Then you go onto High school, starting from Year 7, until Year 12, for a total of 13 years of formal education. Some high schools divide their students into juniors/seniors, seniors start at either Year 10 or Year 11. My High school had a slightly different uniforms for seniors, they had grey jumpers(Sweater) and I think pants as well, whilst juniors had maroon everything except for a white shirt.

1. 4-5 2. Infant/Primary or nursery but that’s like preschool 3. Reception to Year 11 (u can go sixth form or collage) 4. GCSE (for collage) A Levels (for Uni but u can do B Tech aswell) 5. 3 years on a average but if ur a doctor it’s 7. It really depends what u wanna do. 6. Idk but It might be 9-1 or A- U Semester: Term Grade: mark

John, you forgot about kindergarten. 13 years

In secondary school, it's possible to get a gpa higher than 4.0 by taking advanced placement classes, but only in secondary, if I remember correctly.

The university test in ZA is called the Benchmark Test, there are two and if you are applying to a medical or science degree then you are required to complete both Benchmark tests.

in SA - schools starts now at Grade 0 (optional for age 4 turning 5 in that year)) - this prepares the kid for Gare R (5 Turning 6). They then progress to grades 1 - 7 for primary school and grades 8 - 12 for high school. You can only get into university if you pass grade 12 with bachelours, if you get a diploma, you can go to a college. Depending on what is being studied, you will be required to write an NBT test I think it was called I wrote to study law. That is similar to SATS in USA.

Also worth referencing that UK exams (A-Levels in England, Highers in Scotland) are a set of subject specific exams related to a syllabus over a number of years and not a multiple choice reasoning test like the US SATs - a key difference. Similarly to Chantelle, UK students typically apply to universities with predicted grades, prelim grades and admissions are conditional on a final mark being attained in exams.

The test we take to go to uni in SA is called the NBT (National Benchmark Test). A test to determine whether or not you are ready for uni😊

In South Africa We've got a school similar to elementary where u go there around 3-4 years old and learn shapes, counting etc but we call it creche or something like that

I started school at 3 years old (I started one year early) since I went to kg1 and kg2 (Kindergarten and pre-primary I think) which were mandatory and then continued to grade 1-12

In the UK, the university grading system goes like this: 1:1 (70%+) ⇢ The highest grade you can get 2:1 (60%-69%) 2:2 (50%-59%) 3:1 (40%-49%) FAIL (39% and under)

Happy to see Walter!😃😃

In South Africa we actually start Grade R at the age 5 normally. So in most place in South Africa you start school at age 5. And the exams you take to go to uni is called 'Matric Exams'...

Canadian from British Columbia. We start kindergarten at age 5 the kids with late birthday from september-december will usually go before they turn 5. Where I went we had Elementary school from kindergarten to grade 7 and highschool/secondary school was grade 8 to 12. But this all depends on what school district you were in. My little sister had elementary school to grade 6, middle school for grade 7 and 8, highschool was grade 9-12.

I remember when my mum dropped me off at nursery without saying anything and tried to leave, I bawled my eyes out screaming for her to "not abandon me" while clinging onto her. Nursery was fun🙃 But I started school at the age of 3 so.....

😂 how old is Chantelle? I laughed when she mentioned Sub A and Sub B, it would then be Std 1 to Std 10.

And this is how I learnt that it's different in different states in Australia. I grow up in VIC, and school starts when you are 5/6. You starts with prep, then grade 1-6 in ( all in primary school). then you move on to year 7-12 (secondary school). Then if you wanted you could go to university or T.A.F.E.

For South Africa certain courses require you to write the NBTs (National Benchmark Test) it's an additional test considered with your school Marks. There are two tests ones mathematics (quantitative) and the other english (qualitative) tests. You take the test relevant to your degree you apply for...

The United States education system is very decentralized compared to other countries. Education is funded by each individual state. Each state also sets their own learning standards for each grade and has their own standardized tests. The PSAT, SAT, and ACT are one of the few national standardized tests that are taken.

In the uk primary to uni is 15years. 8 years nursery and reception primary. 5 in high school 2 in college.

For Australia, it’s the HSC which is High School Certificate which gives gives an ATAR which averages all your marks from your subjects to give you a score which then can be used to apply for uni courses.

I was 4 years and 2 months when I started school in the UK. When I was at school it was 3 years of infants school 4 years of primary, and 5 or 7 years of high school. I left high school after the 5th year so started work about a month before my 16th birthday. I then went to a trade college for a further 2 years.

In south africa the tests to get into uni are the NSC/IEB depending on public or private schools and grade 12 is also called Matric

Actually in South Africa, we have the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations that is commonly referred to as “matric final/end-year examination" where one has to write a final exam in each of your matric (grade 12) subjects. In addition to this some universities/degrees also require of one to write the National Benchmark Tests (NBT), which measures your academic readiness for University. The NBT consists of two test, namely, the AQL and MAT. The degree you want to study determines if you have to write the AQL and the MAT or just the AQL. The AQL consists of an academic literary and quantitative literary test. The MAT is a mathematics literary test which is normally required for medical degrees, engineering degrees, accounting, etc.

In South Africa we write the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams at the end of grade 12. And when applying for university we write the National Benchmark Test (NBT) but that is more for placement of classes, for example I did not have to take and Afrikaans and English subjects because my language score was good but my math wasn’t so great so I had to take precalculus before I could go on to calculus.

5:08 'A' level stands for Advanced level. There's Ordinary level aka 'O' level then 'A' level for those who did well - Cambridge system 🇿🇦

I don't think UK kids go to school earlier in India kids go to school when they are 4

For South Africa it's just called finals, and you start applying in grade 11 for university.

In Victoria we has always started school at 5 years of age and depending on your date of birth sometimes before you turn 5.

In South Africa you write University Entrance exam called National Benchmarking Test or NBTs and these are used in conjunction with your final exams from Matric (Grade 12)

Sam said if you got 70% and above it was an A. In my school in the us 93% and above is an A and 70% is a C-

I start my schooling when i was 3 (Indian 🇮🇳)

Depends if "day care" counts.. then I started at 3 or 4 in Australia. Educational systems changed when I finished school. When I finished high school it was Prep to Grade 6 then high school is Grade 7-10 then College for a couple of years.. these days since my former school got burned down 13 years ago, they rebuilt it and changed the system to be in line with alot of states in Australia.. meaning finishing high school at Year 12.

There are many test to go to uni in Australia it varies state to state, I was in qld and I did a QCS test. I also started school when I was 4/5 the first year was called preschool and the changed to prep.

I took elementary kindergarten-4 th grade. Middle school 5th-8th and then high school 9th -12th.

As an American, I started at age 4 in PreK. I know that’s normally optional, so I would say the average American starts school at age 5. I also went to primary (K-2), elementary (3-5), middle (6-8), and high (9-12) schools. But I know the use of primary school varies in America.

I was 1/2 when I went to my first school and I’m Australian and also primary schools usually start when ur 4 turning 5 early in the year or 5 turning six any other time

Im from Queensland Australia and I started school a 5 turning 6 from prep to grade6 was primary (when iwas I grade 4 they moved the grade 7s up to high shcool) and 7 to 12 is high school than after thst it's either drop out at grade 10 or continue on and drop out or university or Taffe

As a South African living in the UK, I can relate to more than one groups of people

South African Universities do have the credit system which "weighs" the different subjects in addition to the percentage grade. You earn the all the credits if you pass a subject. Credits are used in 3 ways, you have to earn minimum amount of credits to continue a degree. If you change Universities doing the same degree the credits are used to see which subjects you still have to complete at the new university. And if your degree course and university is recognised by overseas university/College the combination of credits and grades are used to calculate a GPA for post graduate applications

Year 1 to year 4 are for vocational skill schools for learners with special educational needs in south Africa

I’m from NSW, Australia and my schooling was pretty different compared to Walter. I did 13 years of schooling (kindergarten to year 12). Primary is Kindergarten to year 6, and secondary is 7-12. To get into uni from high school, we have HSC (Higher School Certificate) exams in year 12 and not STAT 😊