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This is a list of articles on education organized by country:

Education in Albania The literacy rate in Albania for the total population, age 9 or older, is about 93%. Elementary education is compulsory (grades 1-8), but most students continue at least until a secondary education. ... Argentina can claim three Nobel Prize winners in the sciences: Luis Federico Leloir, Bernardo Houssay and César Milstein. ... Education in Australia follows a three tier model: primary, secondary and tertiary education. ... The Republic of Austria has a free and public school system, and nine years of education are mandatory. ... The Canadian education system is actually a set of different situations for each province, since education is a legislative power of provincial jurisdiction. ... The Quebec education system is governed by the Ministère de lÉducation du Québec (Ministry of Education of Quebec). ... Although previously only affordable by the wealthy, Education in the Peoples Republic of China today has been developed from decades of remodeling through the changes of time, and is available to all of the public. ... Overview Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997; as a result, its education system follows the British education system. ... Most of the schools in Macau are private or subsidized schools. ... Danish Education System is a sophisticated system designed to educatate the people of Denmark. ... // Overview The Finnish education system is a comparatively egalitarian Nordic system, where the concept of tuition is unknown, attendance is compulsory until the age of 16, and free meals are served to pupils at primary and secondary levels. ... This article is actively undergoing a major edit. ... // History The education system in Germany has a long tradition of compulsory state schools. ... Education in East Germany was a high priority for the communist government, and was compulsory from age six to age sixteen. ... The Greek educational system has undergone significant changes and modernisations during the 1990s. ... In Hungary most schools are owned by the state, though since the 1990s there are also church owned and private schools. ... Education in India is divided into preprimary, primary, middle (or intermediate), secondary (or high school), and higher levels. ... University (Universitas) High School (Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Atas/SLTA) Middle School (Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Pertama/SLTP) Primary School (Sekolah Dasar/SD) Kindergarten (Taman Kanak-Kanak/TK) Alphabetical list Australian International School Binus Nusantara University British International School Gandhi Memorial International School* Jakarta International School Jayakarta Montessori School North Jakarta International... This article is about education in Iran. ... The Republic of Irelands education system is quite similar to that of most other western countries. ... Japanese secondary school students in uniform Education has been and is an important issue in Japanese society. ... Currently, Korea is divided into two separate countries. ... In North Korea, education is strictly controlled by the government. ... In South Korea, education is highly regarded. ... The Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium (English: Liechtenstein Secondary School) is a secondary school located in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. ... Education in Malaysia may be obtained from government-sponsored schools, private schools, or through homeschooling. ... Publicly-funded education in Mexico is highly centralized with funding and curriculum decisions taking place mostly at federal level through the Secretaría de Educación Pública or SEP (English: Secretariat of Public Education) even up to the college level. ... Education is obligatory in the Netherlands between the ages of 6 and 16, and partially between 16 and 18. ... Education in New Zealand is nominally free for all primary, intermediate and secondary schooling. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article covers the topic of underground education in Poland (Polish Tajne szkolnictwo) during World War II. After the Polish defeat in the Polish Defence War of 1939 and the subsequent German occupation of most of Polish territory, Poland was divided onto the areas directly incorporated into the Reich and... Education in the Peoples Republic of Poland was a priority of the government, which provided primary schools, secondary schools, vocational education and universities. ... Education in Portugal is a subject of controversy due to its multiple aspects, tonalities, subsystems, constant transformations and reforms. ... This article is about education in Russia. ... The Soviet education was organized in a highly centralized government-run system, designed to fulfill political and military purposes foremost. ... The education system in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education [1] (MOE) which directs the formulation and implementation of education policies. ... The Education in Slovakia consists of a free education system based on 10 years of compulsory school attendance. ... Primary and Secondary School The educational system in Sweden is based on a nine year primary school, or Grundskola with mandatory attendance. ... The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system to the cantons (Article 62). ... Why does this only talk about learning English? This article should focus on the actual educational system in Taiwan, and it is nothing like the excellent and detailed article that has been written on Education in China. ... According to a report in Italic textThe NationItalic text newspaper, research by the Thai Ministry of Public Health has found that the average IQ of Thai youths is just 88. ... Education in the United Kingdom is covered in the following articles: Education in England Education in Northern Ireland Education in Scotland Education in Wales Grammar schools in the United Kingdom Achievement in British Education List of schools in the United Kingdom British universities School inspection organisations: Office for Standards in... Education in England may differ from the system used elsewhere in the United Kingdom. ... Education in Northern Ireland differs slightly from the system used elsewhere in the United Kingdom. ... Education in Scotland differs from the system used elsewhere in the United Kingdom. ... Education in Wales differs in certain respects from the system used elsewhere in the United Kingdom. ... Education in the United States occurs under a highly decentralized system with funding and curriculum decisions taking place mostly at the local level through school boards. ... The system of education in Uganda has a structure of 7 years of primary education, 6 years of secondary education (divided into 4 years of lower secondary and 2 years of upper secondary school), and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. ...

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Education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2597 words)
In the West, the origins of education are associated with organized religion: priests and monks realised the importance of promoting positive virtues in the young and founded, maintained, and staffed school systems.
Out of such systems the general and vocational education paths of the 20th century emerged, with increasing economic specialisation demanding increasingly specialised skills from a population which spent correspondingly longer periods in formal education before entering or while engaged in the workforce.
British records show that education was widespread in the 18th century, with a school for every temple, mosque or village in most regions of the country.
Learning English | BBC World Service | News about Britain (13807 words)
In my country for enter to university we have to participiate in annualy examination based on this examination boys and girls compare and recently the percent of girls which pass the said examination is more than boys.
Education is a door to enter your parent's society or in other words a way to become an adult.
hello, in my country boys and girls have got the same opportunity, nowadays there is no differences between them, of course boys are often paying their attention to football or sport of the kind while girls are more careful in making any afforts to build up their social position after long years of male supremacy.
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