The mode of education in Macau.

Ever since 1997, there has been a concept of 10 years' free education being guaranteed to all children to the age up to 15.

Most of the schools in Macau are either private or being subsidized. The minority which holds the public or government schools, Portuguese is being used as a medium in terms of teaching or conversations with the teachers. Some other public schools would instead put Portuguese as a compulsory subject for the students there.

If you do not know, the schools in Macau are not only being grouped into public or private schools, but also in grammar or technical.

Grammar schools holds the majority. These schools teach subjects like Mathematics, Languages, Social Studies, History and Sciences. Whereas, the techical schools teach their students subjects include car repairing, electronics and engineering.

Moreover, in Macau, it does not have its own educational system. Different schools have different educational systems depending to its mission and vision. And the 3 main types of educational systems include Portuguese, British and Chinese educational system.

For schools which adopt Chinese educational system, students attend
- 6 years of schooling at primary school,
- follow by 3 years of junior secondary school education, and
- 2 years for senior high school education (To Form 5, and some schools up to Form 6).

Moreover, when these students are in their senior secondary school years, they have to choose a major (either science, commerce or arts).


And for other schools which adopt the British educational system, students attend
- 6 years of schooling at primary school,
- 3 years for junior secondary school,
- 2 years for senior secondary school, and
- 1-2 years for matriculation.

Also, when students are in their senior secondary school years, they have to choose a major (either science, commerce or arts). In addition, after their secondary school education, they have to sit for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) directed by different educational boards in Britain.

Lastly, for the rest of the schools which adopt Portuguese educational system, the students have to attend:

- 4 years for basic education,
- 5 years for junior secondary school, and
- 3 years for senior school education.

In these schools, Portuguese would usually be the medium used. Recently, these schools have put either English or Chinese as a compulsory subject for the students.

If students wish to further their studies, there are more than 10 higher institutions in Macau. However, some would choose to attend universities or polytechnics overseas. And some of the well known local universities include University of Macau and Inter-University Institute of Macau.