12. What is the highest level of education reached?
Question No. 12. Highest educational level that they have reached
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Always pick a single alternative.
Mark "x" in the box none, when a person does not attend nor has attended any establishment of primary, secondary or superior education.
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Also mark "x" in the box none, in the case of persons who only took literacy classes, or attended children's schools or kindergartens.
Mark "x" in the box primary in the case of persons who take or took classes for one year or many years of primary education but did not continue to secondary.
When a person has advanced to a higher educational level, secondary, "x" is marked in box three (3).
When the highest educational level reached by a person has been secondary in the technical or vocational branch, "x" is marked in box four (4).
When the highest educational in secondary is the normal branch, mark box five (5).
Mark "x" in box six (6) when a person takes or has taken classes for any years of superior or university education or has taken post-graduate classes.
When a person has taken classes of other studies that do not correspond to the concepts of primary, secondary or superior, mark "x" in box seven (7).
Secondary is understood to be the second level or regular education, in which those who passed the first five years of primary can enter and who have the objective of being provided the necessary knowledge to continue to superior studies or to develop an occupation, art of craft.
Secondary education has many branches: secondary; technical or vocational and normal.
Bachelor is understood to be the branch of secondary education that has as its objective providing the necessary knowledge for the continuation of superior studies. This branch of secondary is called, generally, classic bachelor and has a duration of six (6) years when it is during the day and seven (7) when is it during the night.
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Normal is understood to be the branch of secondary education that has as its objective the formation of teachers for pre-school or primary education or for continuing studies of superior level. Its duration is six (6) years.
Superior or University is understood to be professional formation whether in intermediate careers whose initiation is required, as a minimum, the passing of dour years of bachelor, or in professional careers, that require having the grade of bachelor or normal.
The alternative of others means educational modalities like special (for high gifted children or with physical or mental deficiencies), the primary functional of adults, etc.
Question No. 13. Highest year completed
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This question refers to the last classes taken and passed by a person in the highest educational level reached: primary, secondary or superior.
Write down the last year passed in the corresponding space.
Point out with "x" the box "none".
b ) When a person attends or attended classes of primary, secondary or superior education but has not passed any year in the highest educational level reached. So, for example, for a person who is in the first year of Primary, Secondary, or Superior and has not passed it, "x" will be marked in the box "none".
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Take into account the following
For educational levels that are divided by semesters, make the annotation in complete years: two semesters equal one year.
For persons who take or have taken more classes of a career of superior education, the year of the highest passed level should be registered.