How to say "schooling" in Japanese

• 教育きょういくJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe common, general word: it covers education, schooling, training and instruction. Choose it for 'schooling' in the ordinary sense — the teaching and training a person receives at school.
  教育きょういくは重大じゅうだいな要素ようそである。↗

  Education is a critical element.
• スクーリング
  nounA less common loanword: it is used chiefly for the class sessions that correspondence-course students attend, and is not the general word for education — for schooling in the ordinary sense, use 教育.

For 'schooling' in the general sense of education, training or instruction, use the common word 教育; the loanword 「スクーリング」 is less common and is used mainly for the class sessions attended in correspondence courses.

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• 教育きょういくeducation
• スクーリングschooling