kooliastmete
Kooliastmed is the term used to describe the main levels or stages of formal education, organizing students as they move through compulsory schooling and beyond. These stages define the scope of the curriculum, typical age ranges, and progression requirements, and they help structure learning experiences so that foundations are built early and increasingly complex skills are developed over time. While the exact naming and number of stages vary by country, the common framework often includes primary or elementary education, lower secondary education, and upper secondary education. Some systems also recognize early childhood or pre-primary stages as preparatory, and tertiary education as a separate level.
In many education systems, kooliastmed are linked to distinct sets of learning goals, assessment practices, and
In Estonia, kooliastmed are commonly described as algkool, põhikool, and gümnaasium. Algkool covers the early years