Compulsory education

Years of compulsory education or compulsory schooling around the world in 2021:
  >12
  10–12
  7–9
  <7
  No data

Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. This education may take place at a registered school or at home or other places.

Compulsory school attendance or compulsory schooling means that parents are obliged to send their children to a state-approved school.[1]

All countries except Bhutan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vatican City have compulsory education laws.

  1. ^ "Compulsory Education". New England Journal of Education. 1 (5): 52. 1875. JSTOR 44763565.