Modern Education The education system in current practice provides six years at the primary level, three years at the lower secondary level, three years at the upper secondary level, and four years at the tertiary level. Although only six years of primary schooling are now compulsory, a project to widen access to lower secondary level has been actively implemented nationwide by a special Cabinet approval since 1987. The widening access is a first step towards an …showed first 75 words of 245 total…

…showed last 75 words of 245 total…provision of education for all kinds of disabled and handicapped children, including the deaf, the blind, and the mentally retarded, while welfare education caters to the culturally and socially handicapped such as hilltribe children, slum children, and children of lepers. To ensure that such children receive an equal opportunity in education, and education suitable for their abilities, special schools and welfare schools equipped with special educational programs and facilities have been established throughout the country.