157. The universal compulsory 11-year education currently
in force is a compulsory free education that
gives a complete general secondary education to children between
5 and
16 years of age.
This period consists of a one-year kindergarten class, four years of
primary school and six years of senior middle
school.
Minimum age of employment
Information
unavailable
Minimum age for marriage
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Minimum age for criminal responsibility
193. By
virtue of article 11 of the Criminal Law, juvenile offenders between
the ages of 14 and 16 may be placed under penal
charges in accordance with the procedures and methods of the Criminal
Procedures Act. They are subject to all the benefits
of human rights protection provided for by the Act and to
extenuated penalties following article 33 (4) of the Criminal
Law.
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