# Educación infantil (early childhood education) in Spain…

Question 5079 · Task 5 · Spanish society · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** La educación infantil en España…

- a) es obligatoria. (is compulsory.)
- b) tiene dos ciclos. (has two stages.) · Right answer
- c) empieza a los 4 años. (starts at age 4.)

**Right answer:** b) tiene dos ciclos.

## Why

Early childhood education has two stages, from 0 to 3 years and from 3 to 6 years. It is not compulsory, although almost all children go to school from the age of 3.

Question 5079 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes: https://cervantes.org/sites/public/produccion/files/2026-10/manual-preparacion-prueba-ccse-2026.pdf

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