Training The state has long played a modest role in the British school system, which was dominated by the church. In 1870, public schooling for…
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School and Education in Ukraine
Training With independence in 1991, the country’s education system was reformed and got a stronger Ukrainian feel. Previously, the number of Ukrainian-speaking classes had rapidly…
School and Education in Turkey
In his work to secularize the school system and give it a western feel, Kemal Atatürk closed all religious schools. All educational institutions now belong…
School and Education in Switzerland
Training The country’s state of affairs is to a large extent based on direct democracy, which means that citizens of the citizen vote in a…
School and Education in Sweden
Training The formal education comprises four main parts: preschool, school, higher education and adult education. The conditions described below apply to 2009. Preschool is a…
Split Attractions and Tourist
Tourist in Split Split’s story starts around the year 290 when the Roman emperor Diocletian built a palace where he could retire in his old…
School and Education in Spain
Spain has several of Europe’s oldest universities. Public school was introduced in Spain in 1857. However, changes between dictatorship and democracy led to major changes…
School and Education in Slovenia
Training Education in Slovenia was previously heavily influenced by it in Austria. Early primary school was acquired, first 6-year-old and then 8-year-old. The proportion of…
School and Education in Slovakia
Public schools are free for anyone from the age of 6 until they finish 9th grade. There are three types of high school: 4-year high…
Siena Attractions and Tourist
Attractions and Sights in Siena Just strolling around cobbled streets in Siena and knowing the atmosphere of the pulse is an experience in itself. But…
Sicily Attractions and Tourist
Attractions in Sicily Sicily is Italy’s largest island, and for that matter the largest island of the Mediterranean, and has been influenced by other cultures…
School and Education in Serbia
Training The 2011 census showed that close to 98% of everyone who was 15 years and older could read and write. However, the quality of…
School and Education in San Marino
It is an 8-year compulsory school. The primary school is 5 years old and starts when the children are 6 years old. The high school…
School and Education in Russia
Comprehensive reforms throughout Russia’s education system were undertaken in the 1990s. Politically marked subjects were removed, Soviet and Russian history was given a new approach,…
School and Education in Romania
Training As in other countries in the Eastern bloc, the education system in Romania after 1945 came to emulate the Soviet. The 1989 revolution meant…
School and Education in Portugal
Since 1974 there has been a strong expansion of education. A comprehensive law on education was passed in 1986 and revised in 1997. A number…
School and Education in Poland
Training Changing education at all levels was a key factor in the political and economic transformation that took place from 1989 onwards in Poland. The…
School and Education in Norway
Education is compulsory and free for children and adolescents aged 6-16. All youth between the ages of 16 and 19 are legally entitled to three…
School and Education in Northern Macedonia
In Northern Macedonia, 8-year primary school is free and compulsory for anyone aged 7-15. In 2000, approx. 93 percent of children in primary school. There…
School and Education in Netherlands
Training Compulsory schooling and school differentiation according to social backgrounds were established by the Education Act of 1801 and 1806. The state financed public schools,…
School and Education in Montenegro
Training Basic education is nine years, compulsory and free for anyone between 6 and 15 years. The language of instruction is Montenegrin. Continuing education is…
School and Education in Monaco
The school duty lasts from the children are 6 years until they are 16 years. The 5-year primary school is followed by a 4-year secondary…
School and Education in Moldova
Training The former central government of the Moscow school system has, with its independence, been replaced by a marked emphasis on the school as the…
School and Education in Malta
Various schools have existed in Malta since the 1300s, but only in 1946 became compulsory primary school, and in 1971 free high school for all….
School and Education in Luxembourg
Training The school system in Luxembourg is characterized by linguistic diversity. In preschool, which is compulsory for five-year-olds, about 1/3 of the children are immigrants….