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Organisation of compulsory general education

<p>This dataset presents how full-time compulsory education is organised, such as number of grades. It covers primary education, lower secondary general education and compulsory upper secondary general education, but excludes pre-primary education, even if compulsory. Data refers to the reference year 2025 (school year 2024/25 or 2025), unless stated otherwise.</p><p>For more information, please consult the <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/education-at-a-glance_19991487.html><i>Education at a Glance</i></a> web page and the <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264304444-en><i>OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics: Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifications</i></a>. Further detail as to the methodology used, the references to the sources and the specific notes for each country are available in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1787/fcfaf2d1-en"><i>Education at a Glance 2025 Sources, Methodologies and Technical Notes</i></a>.