17. Release from compulsory schooling is
accepted from the age of sixteen.
140. Article 21 of the Basic Law prescribes
that the State must ensure compulsory education of children.
The State must create the conditions and institutions enabling
each child, without any discrimination, to be educated and
guarantee freedom of education by controlling the private
schools.
153. Secondary education is given in colleges and high schools (lycées). College has
become compulsory for all pupils who have successfully completed primary school. It
has four levels, the 7th year, 8th year, 9th
year and 10th year which is the class in which the
equivalent of the GCSE examination is taken for access to high school.
