Secondary Education
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General secondary education
- the MAVO – general secondary education (4 years)
- the HAVO – higher secondary education (5 years)
- the VWO – pre-university education (6 years)
* all of which include a 2 year basic program
Special secondary education
- the SPO – public school for special secondary education
Vocational education
- the EPB – basic professional education, which offers lower vocational education to students aged 12-18 (4 years)
- the EPI – intermediate professional education, which offers secondary vocational education to students aged 16 and up (3 and 4 year programs)
School boards
The schools for secondary education are under the management of:
Public school board
- the Service unit Public Schools > Dienst Publieke Scholen (DPS)
Subsidized special school boards
- the foundation for basic professional education > Stichting EPB (SEPB)
- the foundation for Catholic education > Stichting Katholiek Onderwijs Aruba (SKOA)
- the foundation for secondary education > Stichting Middelbaar Onderwijs Aruba (SMOA)
- the foundation for Protestant Christian Education > Stichting Protestants Christelijk Onderwijs Aruba (SPCOA)
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Private Schools
De Schakel Aruba
De Schakel Aruba offers Dutch oriented education from kindergarten to secondary school, with Dutch as the primary language of instruction.
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International School of Aruba (ISA)
ISA offers montessori through grade 12, with a curriculum of a U.S. university preparatory school and with English as the primary language of instruction.
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Adult education
Aruba also has mainstream adult education, with evening courses in technical education and junior general secondary education, evening-HAVO and evening-VWO, and Education for Jobseekers (Enseñansa pa Empleo).
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