Eleventh grade


Eleventh grade, junior year 5, or grade 11 is the eleventh, and for some countries final, grade of secondary schools. Students are typically 16–17 years of age, depending on the country and the students' birthdays.

Australia

In Australia, Year 11 is typically the twelfth year of education and fifth year of high school education. Although there are slight variations between the states, most students in Year 11 are aged around fifteen, sixteen or seventeen. In Queensland, Year 11 students are the youngest in the country, as they usually enter at age fifteen.
In New South Wales, Year 11 is the shortest year as it only lasts three whole terms. Year 12 begins its first term where Year 11 would have its fourth.
Year 11 is followed by Year 12, the final year of high school.

Belgium

In Belgium, the 11th grade is called "5ème secondaire" in the French speaking part of the country, "5de middelbaar" in the Dutch speaking part and "5te sekundäre" in the German speaking part of Belgium.

Brazil

In Brazil, the 11th grade is called "Segundo Ano do Ensino Médio", which means 2nd year of high school. Students tend to be 16 years old.

Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, the 11th grade is the penultimate year of the high-school stage. Students tend to be 17–18 years old.

Canada

In all provinces and territories, except Quebec, a student continues to Grade 12 to complete their high school, or secondary, education. In Quebec, Grade 11 is the final year of secondary education, followed by college, a pre-university level unique to Quebec.

Colombia

In this year, all students are required to do an internship in any subject field. To differentiate from universities' internships, the practice is called 'alphabetisation'; most of the time is related to community services, such as teaching in schools, or assisting in hospitals or libraries. Students also do the ICFES National Test and they present to the draft for the Colombian Army. By law, the army cannot recruit under-age students; most of eleventh-graders are aged 16–17, and the draft is almost changed for the payment of a monetary fee.

Finland

In Finland there are three years of high school. 11th grade is the second.

France

The equivalent is the :fr:Première |Première, which is the penultimate year of Secondary education in France.

Greece

In Greece, the eleventh grade is called second year of lyceum school or high school or upper secondary school, it is not compulsory to attend, and is the penultimate year of secondary education.

Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, 11th grade is called Form 5.

India

In India, after appearing for Class X Boards, the percentages determine the streams in which the student can study.
There are three streams:
NOTE-Some school offer Hindi/Bengali also as their main subject or as a vocational subject.
The combination of streams can vary from Institutions.
But in abroad places, the streams are determined by the model exam, which is under the school. The stream which the students opt for are the basis of which degree they can study. Generally eleventh grade is known as +1 which originates from the term 10+1. This year is generally the continuation of grade 9 and grade 12 is the continuation of grade 10.
A student can also change his stream in the middle of the academic year from Science to other streams, but the reverse cannot be done.
In Grade 11, students prepare for the entrance tests of various colleges and universities across the country.

Ireland

It is Fifth Year or Cúigú Bhliain of Secondary School. In this year, students prepare for the Leaving Certificate.

Italy

In Italy, eleventh grade is called *Terza superiore*
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Malaysia

In Malaysia, 11th grade also known as Form 5 in secondary school. The students at this stage are 17 years old, and it is the fifth and last year in the secondary school..

Mexico

In some parts the eleventh grade is the second year of high school. Most students enter this grade as 16 year olds, but some might enter early as 15 and late as 17.

Norway

In Norway, the eleventh year of education is the first year of Videregående skole, equivalent to high school. It is very rarely referred to as the eleventh grade, but rather the first grade of Videregående or VG1. Although Videregående skole is not compulsory for Norwegians, approximately 93% of people aged 16–18 enroll. There is no upper age limit for starting or finishing Videregående skole, but students cannot enroll earlier than the year they turn 16.

New Zealand

In New Zealand, Year 12 is the equivalent of eleventh grade, with students aged 16 or 17 during the years. It is the fourth year of secondary school and the twelfth year of compulsory education. During Year 12, most students complete Level 2 of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, the country's main national qualification for secondary school students. Students in Year 12 typically study English and a minimum of five elective subjects with mathematics highly recommended.

Pakistan

Grade eleven is the first of the two years in college and is equivalently referred to as "first year." Students in this year level are fifteen to sixteen years old. Students get to select from the following subjects:
Pre-medical
Pre-engineering
Commerce
Humanities
Science
Home economics
Arts
And the compulsory subjects are Urdu, Islamic studies and Pakistan studies. The students can select the preferred subject on the basis of SSC result

Philippines

In the Philippines, Grade 11 is the first year of Senior High School. Topics discussed depend on the four tracks and their strands.
Since school year 2016–2017. Students are usually 16–17 years old.

Russia

The eleventh grade is final year of secondary education, the end of the high school, and it is an examinational year, when training to USE is being more powerful, than in tenth grade. Priority of education in this year is given to repeat the material learned in high school in Mathematics, Russian language and in exam subjects by pupils' choice.

Singapore

In Singapore, 11th grade is equivalent of Secondary 5 level.
Only people taking N Levels will go to secondary 5, those in express streams will take their O levels in secondary 4, and then continue to a Junior College for 2 years or Polytechnic for 3 years.

Spain

The closest equivalent to the eleventh grade is the first year of Bachillerato. It is for pupils aged 16 to 17. It is a year of many changes when pupils can start to choose what they would like to study in the future at university.
There are three types of “Bachilleratos”:
Science: math, physics, biology...
Humanities/Sociology: history, philosophy, Latin, Greek, economy, math oriented for sociology
Arts: music, drama class...

Sweden

This is the second year of Upper Secondary School.

United Kingdom

England and Wales

, or Lower Sixth form, is comparable to the 11th grade in the US. It is the sixth and penultimate year of secondary education. During Year 12, students usually take the first half of three or four A-Level or equivalent subjects. Some students take Advanced Subsidiary Level exams at the end of Year 12.
Students then enter Year 13 and may be able to drop a subject. Successful completion generally results in the award of A-Level qualifications, though BTECs can be received.

Scotland

In Scotland, fifth year or S5 is optional, where pupils will generally sit Higher qualifications which form the core entry requirements for university. It is followed by an optional final sixth year. The students ages normally range from 16 to 17 in this year.

Northern Ireland

The system is similar to the English one at this age. Lower Sixth Form, pupils start on a two-year course, at the end of which they will hopefully have gained three 'A' Levels in their chosen subjects.

United States

In the US, a student in the eleventh grade is typically referred to as a student in the eleventh grade or as a junior. The vast majority of students who are classified as juniors take the SAT Reasoning Test and/or ACT in the second semester of their third year of high school. Math students usually take Algebra II, but classes like Trigonometry or Precalculus are sometimes offered for students who wish to take Advanced Placement math classes in their fourth, or senior year of high school. Depending on the location there may be a combination of any of the listed subjects. They may also take easier courses such as Algebra I and Geometry if they do not have the required prerequisites for the more advanced courses that are listed above. Students who are advanced in mathematics often take Calculus or Statistics.
In science classes, third year students are taught usually Biology, Physics or Chemistry especially Lab Chemistry. Atoms, molecules, and Stoichiometry is taught as well. Some school districts will have these certain subjects as a required science credit while others will begin to have the option of science electives.
In English class, a college-preparatory curriculum would also include American literature. Often, English literature is taught in the third year of high school. Books and authors learned include The Glass Menagerie, The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Grapes of Wrath, Jonathan Edwards, Amy Tan, and Lorraine Hansberry.
In a social studies curriculum, third year students in the United States are usually taught US history or the world from the 1870s to the 21st Century. These courses could be also taught in ninth or tenth grade as well. They may also acquire more advanced world culture and geography knowledge, along with some more-advanced social studies such as psychology, economics, sociology and government.
Many high school third year students in the United States opt to take a foreign language, even though it is not required in many secondary schools curricula.
While normally followed by twelfth grade, some colleges will accept excelling students out of this grade as part of an early college entrance program. Alternatively, some students may choose to graduate early through standardized testing or advanced credits.

Lebanon

Eleventh grade is also known as grade 11 or premiere. Students are divided into either scientific which then proceeds to become life science or general science in grade 12 and economics which proceeds to become Economics or Humanities in grade 12. The choice of division is done according to grades and sometimes according to what the student wants to do in college. A student can go from scientific to economics later in grade 12, but not the opposite.