OFFICIAL NAME: Afghanistan CAPITAL CITY: Kabul POPULATION: 27,100,000 (Source: COUNTRYaah) AREA: 652,090 km² OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): pashto, Persian (dari), baluchi, Uzbek, Turkmen etc. RELIGION: Sunni Muslims 84%, Shia Muslims 15%, others 1% COIN: afghani CURRENCY CODE: AFN ENGLISH NAME: Afghanistan POPULATION...
OFFICIAL NAME: Hayastan CAPITAL CITY: Yerevan POPULATION: 2,980,000 (Source: COUNTRYaah) AREA: 28,200 km² OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian RELIGION: Armenian Christians 90%, others 10% COIN: dram CURRENCY CODE: AMD ENGLISH NAME: Armenia INDEPENDENCE: 1991 POPULATION COMPOSITION: Armenians 90%, Azerbaijani 5%,...
OFFICIAL NAME: Azerbaijan Republic CAPITAL CITY: Baku POPULATION: 7,960,000 (Source: COUNTRYaah) AREA: 82,600 km² OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian RELIGION: Muslims 93%, Russian Orthodox 3%, Armenian Christians 2%, others 2% COIN: manat CURRENCY CODE: AZM ENGLISH NAME: Azerbaijan INDEPENDENCE: 1991...
OFFICIAL NAME: Al Bahrayn CAPITAL CITY: al-Manama POPULATION: 726,000 (Source: COUNTRYaah) AREA: 688 km² OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu RELIGION: Shia Muslims 70%, Sunni Muslims 25%, Others 5% COIN: bahraini dinar CURRENCY CODE: BHD ENGLISH NAME: State of Bahrain...
Bangladesh – education The school system consists of a five-year primary school, a five-year middle school and a two-year high school. The primary school is for children up to 10 years. It is free, but not mandatory; the drop-out rate after...
OFFICIAL NAME: Press Yul (‘Use yul’ Land of Thunder ‘) CAPITAL CITY: Thimphu POPULATION: 700,000 (Source: COUNTRYaah) AREA: 38,394 km² OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): dzongka, Tibetan, Nepali, English RELIGION: Buddhists 75%, Hindus 25% COIN: ngultrum CURRENCY CODE: BTN ENGLISH NAME: Bhutan POPULATION...
Burma (Education) After independence in 1948, a five-year compulsory primary school was introduced. The primary school is followed by a four-year middle school completed with a two-year superstructure. With approximately 4% of a cohort complete higher education. After the military took...
China – education Education in China is a unique blend of classical Chinese tradition, Marxism and modernization. The tradition is ideologically personified in King Fuzi; the Chinese examination system, which was fully developed as early as the 600’s, was thus one...
Cyprus – education After independence in 1960, each of the two dominant population groups got its own education system with resp. Greek and Turkish as languages of instruction. However, the use of English is still widespread in trade and administration. The...
Georgia (Education) Education in Georgia is public and free, and there is compulsory schooling from the 6th to the 15th year. The primary school includes a six-year primary school for 6-11-year-olds and a three-year primary school for 12-14-year-olds. A non-compulsory youth...
India – Education The school system consists of a five-year primary school and a five-year superstructure. According to the Constitution, the state is obliged to provide free and compulsory schooling up to and including the 14th year. The superstructure part consists...
Indonesia (Education) Since Indonesia’s independence in 1945, when only approximately 8% of a cohort came to school, despite major ethnic, linguistic and religious differences, it has significantly succeeded in expanding the education system. The largest part of the education system is...
Iran – education The school system, based on Islamic traditions, is public and includes a five-year primary school followed by a three-year guidance and orientation stage; tuition at these stages is free. The subsequent four-year postgraduate education is divided into a...
Iraq – Education The school system is public and includes six years of compulsory primary education and a postgraduate education divided into two levels of three years each. In primary school, there is a promotion test after each school year. The...
Israel – education Israel’s character as an immigration country presents the education system with a difficult task of integration, as Hebrew, which is the language of instruction, is not immediately mastered by the many new immigrants. With its normative obligations, the...
Japan – education The general goals of the Japanese education system since 1947 have been to develop the individual’s personality, which is especially sought to be achieved through special moral education. The Japanese education system is characterized by a stricter discipline...
Jordan – education Education is public and free at both primary and secondary level. In primary school, which has levels of resp. six and four years duration, there is compulsory schooling for the 6-16 year olds; this is followed by a...
Kazakhstan – education Education in Kazakhstan is public and free with ten years of compulsory schooling from the seventh year of students. Six-year-olds can start school if they pass an entrance exam. The primary school is four years old and is...
Kuwait – education After the Gulf War, it has required a significant effort to re-establish the education system. Kuwaiti education is fully funded by the state. There are also a large number of private schools, which sought by children of expatriates...
Kyrgyzstan – education Education in Kyrgyzstan is public and free, and there is compulsory schooling for ten years from the seventh year of the students. Illiteracy was therefore not a major problem in the past, but in recent years there has...
Laos – education The public school system includes a five-year compulsory primary school, which is characterized by dropouts and socializing. approximately 33% of the population, most of them women, are illiterate (1996). After primary school, postgraduate education follows in two levels...
Lebanon – education The public education system, where there is no compulsory schooling, is in principle free of charge, but a token amount is paid. approximately 80% of the adult population can read and write. The education system consists of a...
Malaysia – education It is a goal of the education system to integrate the country’s various religious, ethnic, regional and linguistic groups. 16.5% of the adult population is illiterate (1995). Public education is free, but not compulsory; at all levels there...
Nepal (History) The earliest significant state formation in the hilly region of Nepal was the state of the Licchavid dynasty in the Kathmandu or Nepal Valley from 300-400-teKr. However, there are much older archaeological finds, including The Ashoka pillar from 200...
Oman – education The education system has been characterized by rapid growth and modernization on a national and Muslim basis since the 1970’s. This has led to a significant shortage of teachers, which has resulted in the employment of teachers from...
Pakistan – Education The goals of the education system include an expansion of vocational and technical education as well as the fight against illiteracy, which in the adult population is approximately 62% (1995) and by far the largest for women. In...
Philippines – Education It is a goal to ensure education for all in a multilingual society with great geographical spread. An investment in adult education has thus meant that illiteracy is only approximately 6% (1991). The language of instruction in the...
Russia – education Educational conditions in Russia are characterized by the country’s extent and highly composed population, representing a large number of ethnic groups. From ancient times, a centralist administration and an economic-political structure of society, including serfdom, have been unfavorable...