What kind of an education system is there in US?

[Srikanth]

I mean how many years of education from childhood?
Here in India it like:
first a couple of years in kindergarten,

then 5 years of primary schooling,

then another 5 years in secondary schooling,

then you write a board exam, which is a public exam, to qualify
for the senior secondary/junior college.

then 2 years in senior secondary/junior college after which there's another board exam. then you qualify for the degree level.
so its 12 years of schooling before getting into a college/university for a degree.

The degree can be of 3, 4 or 5 years depending on whether its a normal degree or an engineering degree or a medcal one.

After this comes the specialisation/masters degree.

How is it in USA?

Srikanth

 

[Viper GTS]

(State funded)
Kindergarten: 0, 1, or 2 years
Grade school: 1st - 5th grade
Middle school: 6th - 8th grade
High School: 9th - 12th grade

(Non-state funded)
College, Associate's Degree: 2 years
College, Bachelor's Degree: Associate's +2 years
College, Master's Degree: Bachelor's +2 years
College, Doctorate: Master's +2 years
Grad School: ???

So basically state funded is 12 years, not counting kindergarten. With kindergarten, as much as 14 years.

Viper GTS

 

[Russ]

Internal structure and procedure varies somewhat, but total number of years is the same.

EDIT: Uh, what Viper said.

Russ, NCNE