Primary education in Belize corresponds to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) Levels 1 and 2. These programmes are designed to help children develop fundamental skills in literacy and numeracy, life skills and general knowledge. The lower grades of primary education (Infants 1 and 2 and Standard 1) include the early childhood education spectrum. Primary education programmes span two ISCED Levels, 1 and 2 since the last two grades, Standards 5 and 6, extend into what is normally classified in other systems as lower secondary education. There is typically one teacher responsible for a group of students in a primary education class; however, some schools, especially larger ones, have subject-specific teachers, particularly at the upper division grades.