In order to succeed in school, every student must learn both formal and hidden curricula (social) curriculum. The hidden curriculum is often a consequence of the structure, which requires students to learn. The school is “miniature society” and many people fail at school because they are either unable or unwilling to learn or use of values, attitudes and skills contained in the hidden curriculum. Many schools do a disservice to students when they make them feel that they are not in education when they have only failed to comply with the socialization of school standards.
In Europe, many school systems in addition to a branch soon, but the uneven parallel runways. – Academic and social levels – usually followed by children in different social groups. In Switzerland, after being present at levels of Primarschule, children are divided into three groups based on academic achievement. The lowest performers finished their compulsory education in primarschule and then usually take internships for entry in the manual trades. Average advances sekundarschule groups and there usually in private schools for pre-training in business and management. Most academically talented students attend progymnasium for five years, then usually pre-school for four years.
