H VWO higher general secondary education university preparatory education

intermediate general secondary education (MAVO)

higher general secondary education (HAVO)

MAVO intermediate general secondary education

MAVO junior general secondary education VBO pre vocational education HAVO senior general secondary education (MAVO, VBO and HAVO have since been abolished and replaced by new, modified types of education) VWO pre university education, MBO secondary vocational education, HBO higher professional education, WO university.

Citizens under the age of 16 have the right to a general basic education (9 years) at general education facilities.

The General Education sub programme, currently employing 16,416 teaching staff, covers general education (elementary and preparatory education in all its areas of operation and secondary education in Lebanon) for 493,246 eligible refugee children in 659 UNRWA schools.

General basic (9 year) education is compulsory.

Under the Republic of Tajikistan law on education, general basic (9 year) education is compulsory.

Among the fundamental principles of the State education policy are the compulsory nature of general basic education, the universal accessibility of general secondary education and beginning occupational training, and the receipt of subsequent levels of education on a competitive basis.

Social equality in general education is basically ensured.

The State guarantees the receipt of a general basic, compulsory, free education in State education facilities.

Primary education is mandatory, providing general knowledge and skills and establishing a basis for any further education.

(d) Persons with disabilities receive the support required, within the general education system, to facilitate their effective education

) Primary education is obligatory and has a general educational character and serves as a basis for further education.

Under article 41 of the Constitution, everyone has the right to education, and general basic education is compulsory.

Support for engineering, math and science education in general boomed.

4. Also welcomes the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative launched by the Secretary General at the World Education Forum

4. Welcomes also the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative launched by the Secretary General at the World Education Forum

The State is improving education processes both in general education institutions and in secondary vocational and higher learning institutions.

The General Education Act, which established equal access, gender equality and non discrimination in education, had been a major step forward for formal education in Paraguay.

General education facilities (with the exception of pre school institutions) that have a general education teaching license and are accredited with the State give an official State certificate of education to those of their graduates who have passed the final evaluation.

Special general education schools, boarding schools, and special classes are being created for children and teenagers who have physical and mental disabilities and who cannot attend conventional general education schools.

The programme includes general education, teacher education and technical vocational education and training for Palestine refugee children and youth, in accordance with their needs, identity and cultural heritage.

Secondary education is available to the General Certificate of Education A Level. Higher education is provided by the University of the West Indies. The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College offers associate degree courses and technical education.

Secretary General Kofi Annan has stated that education is a human right.

The drop out rate from general education schools has been fairly stable.

Access to education was low, in general, but much lower for women.

More and more students start acquiring general secondary education after completing 9 years of basic education in the academic year 2002 2003 as much as 70.8 of the students who had completed 9 years of studies started acquiring general secondary education, 81.3 of them female.

Parents are obliged to ensure that their children obtain a general basic education.

The statistics show that the level of education is very low in general.

vocationally oriented secondary education (EPB), with an academically oriented lower division (2 years) and a vocationally oriented upper division (2 years) General secondary education

Young people are particularly dominant in intermediate general secondary classes (Figure 56), an indication of the shift from second chance education to second route education.

The Secretary General has clearly identified girls' education as an urgent social development priority.

In addition to the implementation of general education and appropriate professional training in secondary schools, various additional education programmes and professional development may also be offered.

That is being addressed through the revision of national curricula and national education in general.

We also agree with the Secretary General that we should not focus only on providing universal education, but that more emphasis should be placed on quality education.

Higher vocational education in the country is performed on the basis of general secondary, beginning vocational and secondary vocational education, and colleges of higher vocational schools and in State institutions of higher vocational education, including private institutions.

In light of article 29 and the Committee's general comment No. 1 (2001), the Committee also recommends that States parties include human rights education within early childhood education.

Information from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Directorate General for Planning and Policy, 2001.

The Israeli secondary education system is composed of both technological vocational and general public high schools.

The general education level of women in the labor force is higher than that of men.

All applicable laws in the Entities and in Brčko District that are related to education specify that education is a matter of general social interest and, in connection with this, primary education is compulsory for both boys and girls.

On 10 December 2004, the General Assembly proclaimed the World Programme for Human Rights Education in recognition of the need for a continuing international framework for human rights education.

(a) Persons with disabilities are not excluded from the general education system on the basis of disability, and that children with disabilities are not excluded from free and compulsory primary education, or from secondary education, on the basis of disability