Compulsory education at Education Systems International
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1 - Duration of compulsory education (Our World in Data / Unesco)
international
Similar to the World Bank, the non-profit organization Global Change Data Lab has created a world map of compulsory schooling duration in countries around the world using data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The data is available from 1975 onwards. Unlike the World Bank map, this map more clearly distinguishes between countries without compulsory schooling and [...]
2 - World Homeschooling Regulations (ICHER)
international
This page of the International Center for Home Education Research (ICHER) provides information on the regulations of international countries regarding homeschooling (home education) on a world map. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
"Compulsory education in Europe" from 2007 onwards (Eurydice Comparative Reports)
Europe
The following link provides a list of publications from Eurydice, the information network on education in Europe, on the topic of compulsory education. The main publication since 2007 has been the comparative report "Compulsory Education in Europe."
[Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
4 - Compulsory education, duration (years) (World Bank / Unesco)
international
Using data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the World Bank has created a world map on the duration of compulsory schooling in countries around the world. The duration of compulsory education can also be displayed as a list.
[Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
5 - Centres académiques pour la scolarisation des élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés et des enfants issus de familles itinérantes et de voyageurs (CASNAV)
France
Information page of the official French education platform éduscol on the "Academic centres for the schooling of newly arrived foreign-language children and children from itinerant and travelling families" (CASNAV). The site provides extensive information on the work of these academies, legal texts on the subject and resources for teachers of French as a foreign language and [...]
6 - Double Shift: Syrian refugees / Jordanian schools - a multimedia documentary (10/2017)
Jordan
For a long time now, Jordan has been hosting refugees from other countries. The Syrian refugees have become the biggest refugee community during the last years. Among them, there are many school-aged children. This website documents challenges and solutions about how to organise the schooling of these children. One major solution was the introduction of the socalled "double [...]
The school system in the Netherlands (NiederlandeNet, University of Muenster, as of Oct. 2023) [courtesy translation]
Netherlands
[NiederlandeNet (NetherlandsNet) was shut down around November 2023. We provide a copy of the website from the Internet Archive as of October 2023.] NetherlandsNet, based at the Center for Dutch Studies at the University of Münster, Germany, offered web dossiers on various topics related to the Netherlands (only in German). Among other things, there was also a section on [...]
Education Act 2004 - Australia
Australia
General school legislation in Australia, 11th republication (effective 1 July, 2011).
9 - United Action for Children - Cameroon
Cameroon
United Action for Children (UAC) is a Non-Governmental Organisation based in Buea, South West Province, Cameroon.
UAC is a non-profit and non-political organisation and commits itself to the development of a caring society for children and young people.
The organisation was created in 1996 in response to concerns about children’s education and development in the South West [...]
10 - Ländliche Bildung in der VR China
China, People's Republic of
The presentation in form of theses, facts and educational statistics is based on a lecture given by the lecturer in June 2005 in Bonn ( Germany). It deals above all with current developments in Chinese educational policies, in particular the introduction of the nine year compulsory school, the retreat of the state from educational financing and new political approaches in [...]
11 - Education
China, People's Republic of
Milestones of the development of education in China are characterized in brief. In this context issues like eradication of illiteracy, implementation of compulsory primary education and reform of higher education in the country are taken up.
12 - United Nations educational projects in Ukraine
Ukraine
This website provides information on the present situation in Ukraine and the efforts of the UN in the country, also with the implementation of projects in the field of primary education for all children of the relevant age group. The respective link "Achieve universal primary education" is offered on the homepage.
13 - China Embarks on Basic Education Reform
China, People's Republic of
This full text informs that in most parts of the country China has reached two of its main goals, the eradication of illiteracy and the implementation of the nine-year compulsory education. The contribution mentions measures for improving the quality of education in China, in particular by revised curricula, more effective teaching methods and special promotion of schools in [...]
News worldwide
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- The new UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2026 (GEM Report) has been published
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- New publication "The Education World Champions" - Singapore: The Art of Adaptive Teaching (German School Portal 19.02.26) [courtesy translation]
- UNHCR Education Report 2025