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The Education in Denmark
series

Pre-School
Primary
education (Folkeskole)
Secondary
education
Higher Education
Adult Education

Types of secondary education:
Gymnasium
Higher
Preparatory Examination
Higher
Commercial Examination Programme
Higher
Technical Examination Programme
Vocational
education
Basic Social and Health Education

Post-secondary education:
Folk high
school
List
of universities in Denmark

Education
Ministers
Grading

Education in Denmark is compulsory for
children below 15 or 16. The school years up to the age of fifteen/sixteen are
known as Folkeskole
("public school"). About 82% of young people take further education in addition
to this.[1]
Government-funded education is usually free of charge and open to all. Denmark
has a tradition of private schools and about
13% of all children at basic school level attend private schools.[2]

The Education Index,
published with the UN's Human Development
Index in 2008, based on data from 2006, lists Denmark as 0.993, amongst the
highest in the world, tied for first with Australia, Finland and New
Zealand. [3]

The chief national officer of the education system is Education
Minister Tina
Nedergaard (Liberal Party).
However, universities are the
responsibility of Charlotte
Sahl-Madsen, Minister
of Science, Technology and Development (Conservative
Party).

Literacy
in Denmark is approximately 99% for both men and women.[4]

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References

^
Danmarks Radio: S
ønsker mindst 12 års skolegang ("Social Democrats want at least 12 years
of education") http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2007/04/12/225441.htm?wbc_purpose=updateh

^
"Private Schools in Denmark". http://www.eng.uvm.dk/~/media/Files/English/Fact%20sheets/080101_fact_sheet_private_schools.ashx.

^
"Human
development indices". Human Development Reports. 2008-12-18. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDI_2008_EN_Tables.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-16.

^
2003 estimate; according to CIA World Factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/da.html#People

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External links

Danish
Ministry of Education (Undervisningsministeriet)

Study in Denmark - The official government site for advice on
study in Denmark(Danish Agency for International Education)

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