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Education
Education System of a Stateless Nation
The Kurdish land, at first, was partitioned between Iran and the Ottoman Empires in 1639 and then, after the First World War, among Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria through international agreements; a population of more than 50 million began to live under the rule of four different modern states. This…
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East Asia
Schools do not offer Muslim education to the students
Turkey school system is based on 4(primary school)+4(middle school)+4(high school), and the university is in two-year, four-year, and six-year program. In Turkey, all education costs are free for 12 years of elementary, middle, and high school, and textbooks are also provided free of charge. In other words, primary, middle, and…
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South East Asia
Education system in Singapore
This year, Singapore celebrates its bicentennial of its founding in 1819 by Englishman Sir Stamford Raffles who set up the first premier school named after him. Raffles Institution (RI) is the alma mater of many illustrious Singaporeans, including Lee Kuan Yew. Education has moved up the quality ladder since, playing…
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Education
Egypt & Japan: A Historical Bridge for Education
Whenever education history in Egypt is researched, there will be a common story to compare the Japanese educational progress opposite the Egyptian educational failure. This comparison is not only done by Egyptian researchers, but it is practiced in Japan, as well. The lectures given by Professor Masanori Kaji, from Tokyo Institute…
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South East Asia
Cambodian Education
The Cambodian education system has been improved for years after getting blame from the public for its poor and corrupt system during more than three decades of civil conflicts such as the Khmer Rouge “Killing Fields” regime from 1975 to 1979 when schools were completely closed and some even…
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West Asia
Educational Structure of Iran at a Difficult Point
The educational system in Iran was defined several years ago at three levels: primary school (5 years), guidance (3 years) and high school (4 years). But now, after several decades, it has again been divided into two parts: primary school (6 years) and high school (6 years); plus one year…
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Culture
General Education System of Georgia: A Path towards More Westernization?
Georgian education system is represented first of all by general education stages overall with 12 years of study – starting from the age of 6, when the majority of children enter an elementary school (primary, – carried out during 6 years, implemented in I-VI grades; basic, – conducted for 3…
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Education
Education in the Philippines: Reaching one’s dreams
The Philippine educational system is patterned after the American school system. This is no surprise since it was the Americans who established the public school system during the American colonial times here between 1896 to 1946. Three levels describe our educational system – the primary, secondary and tertiary…
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East Asia
Education in India
For millennia, ancient India was one of the foremost seats of learning in the world with famous universities like Taxila, Nalanda and Vikramshila, visited by scholars and monks from China, Tibet, Korea, among others. For example, the 7th century Chinese Buddhist monk, Hiuen Tsang, spent 15 months studying and learning…
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East Asia
Education System of Uzbekistan
Since 1991, from the first year of Independence, youth policy in general, and development of education system in particular has been of high importance of the state policy of Uzbekistan. Till 2018, secondary education system of Uzbekistan was divided into two stages. The first stage includes nine years…
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