Schooling is free and compulsory in Finland between the ages of 7 and 16. Virtually no illiteracy exists. In addition to regular primary and secondary schools, Finland has an extensive adult education program consisting of folk high schools, folk academies, and workers’ institutes. The adult education schools are operated privately or by municipalities or provinces and receive state subsidies.

The education system is entirely under the control of the local government, although it was only nationalized in 1979, and is historically and culturally influenced strongly by the Danish education system.

Even though Ukraine is not an economic power, it has 100% literacy rate. The country’s constitution has a lot of impact on the educational system.

The Slovene school system has seen a number of changes in recent years, aiming to raise awareness of educational rights and thereby achieve a higher educational level.

The primary and secondary schools system consists of primary schools, primary schools with kindergarten, apprenticeship training institutes, secondary vocational institutes, secondary high schools, secondary vocational schools and special schools. They may be state, private or church schools but they all provide education of equal standard.

The Republic of Serbia has instituted its Ministry of Education to attend to the educational needs of the country.

San Marino, with a population of only 30,000 and a per capita income of $46,900, providing a basic service like education for free to its citizens would be a natural precedent.

The Romanian educational system strives to provide its citizens with the knowledge they need to succeed when they embark on their careers, whether in Romania or abroad. The structure of the education system is set up to teach skills and knowledge on many different levels and to challenge those enrolled in Romanian schools.

General education consists of primary, basic and secondary (complete) general education. The length of studies is 11 years: classes 1 – 4 are primary, classes 5 – 9 basic and classes 10 – 11 secondary (complete) general education. Children start school at the age of 6 or 7.

Portugal Education has always been a major concern of the Portuguese society. Education had been introduced in the country even before its independence in the 12th century.