[geeks] education systems around the world

[Lionel Peterson]

On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Alex Feinberg <alex at strlen.net> wrote:

> Isn't it true that free and compulsory education is pretty much the
> rule, rather than exception -- at least by law -- around the world?

Dunno - the world is a big place...
>
>    At the primary level it's a part of the UN Declaration of Human
> Rights.

SNORT - the what? You owe me a new keyboard, I just spit my drink  
across it when I read that!

Link? I have to see it to believe it.

Lionel
>
>    I can't find a comprehensive map, but here are good starting
> points:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_education
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_education