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School systems > Secondary schools (Netherlands)
There are roughly 650 schools. 200 are public and 450 are ‘special’ (please refer to: school system of The Netherlands). There are lower vocational, pre-polytechnic or pre-university schools. About 65% of all students go to vocational schools, 15% to pre-polytechnic and 20% to pre-university...

School systems > Secondary schools (Serbia)
527 public secondary schools (1 based on religion) When completing this, students are awarded the certificate of completed secondary school with all their grades stated. This is necessary when enrolling at University.

School systems > Primary schools (Lithuania)
Average class size of 25 pupils. On average there are 4-5 lesson in one day. There is no possibility to pick own subjects. There are some extracurricular activities available, but with the need of private funding. Grading system 1 (worst) to 10 (best) is used. It is uncommon to use computers by...

School systems > Secondary schools (Bulgaria)
There are roughly 1100 schools. Out of them 600 are mathematical, language schools, grammar, sport schools, church, art and specialized schools. There are also 500 professional schools. 80 of all the schools are private, the others are public. Parents pay for the education of their child. The...

School systems > Primary schools (Netherlands)
There are roughly 7000 schools. About 30% is public and 70% is ‘special’ (please refer to: school system of The Netherlands). Both public and special schools are funded equally by the government. The grading system used in The Netherlands consists of a ten point scale. 1 is the worst possible...

School systems > Primary schools (Slovakia)
There are round 2300 primary schools, of which 1% are private and 5% are church schools, with average size of 30 students. Children are divided into classes on the first day and stay so until the graduation. School starts at 8a.m. and lessons take 45 minutes. From 1st to 5th grade there are 4-5...

School systems > Secondary schools (Ireland)
There are roughly 700 schools. 250 are vocational, 100 are comprehensive community and 350 are general secondary level schools. Most schools are Catholic. Students can choose their own school. Apart from Irish, English and Maths all subjects are electives. Counselling is available in all schools....

School systems > Secondary schools (Austria)
Classes consist of 25 to 30 students. Grading system used is 1 (best) to 5 (fail). Student counsellor visits each school from time to time, but is not present daily. Most school offer extracurricular activities (sports, languages). In higher secondary academic schools students can choose a few own...

School systems > Primary schools (Serbia)
There are round 1200 primary schools, of which 5 are private, with average size of 20 students. Children are divided into classes on the first day and stay so until the graduation. Lessons take 45 minutes. From 1st to 4th grade, students have 4 lessons daily, learning to read/write both Cyrilic and...

School systems > Developments (Switzerland)
Gouvernment: - more money for the schools (in the last few years they had to reduce budgets a lot)
 - more possibilities for extracurricular activities

School systems > Secondary schools (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
There are roughly 300 schools. There are gymnasia, art, military, internal affairs, religious and vocational schools. The grading system used in Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of a five point scale. 1 is the worst possible grade, 5 is the best. Students continue education by choice and they can...

School systems > Primary schools (Bulgaria)
There are roughly 1800 primary schools. Almost all of these schools are run and funded by the state. 30 are private. The grading system used in Bulgaria consists of a five point scale. 2 is the worst possible grade, 6 the best. The seven year primary education is divided into two stages, where the...

School systems > Secondary schools (Estonia)
There are roughly 300 schools. 30% of the schools are vocational, the others are gymnasia. Some schools are state schools, some are private. Most schools are funded by the local authorities. The grading system used in Estonia consists of a five point scale. 1 is the worst possible grade, 5 the...

School systems > Secondary schools (Slovakia)
There are around 8 hundred secondary schools of which 11% are private and 9% are church schools. Gymnasium (general) are making 29%, professional 46% and vocational 25% (and some arts&music schools). Class size on average is slightly more then 30 students. Students are divided into classes in the...

School systems > Primary schools (Norway)
There are some three thousand primary schools, of which around 6% are private or independent (16 of them are located abroad) and of which 98 offers special education. There are no extracurricular activities to be chose and no own subjects to pick up - but one may take a subject in a higher level...