Education Management
Education in the Syrian Arab Republic is centralized and the responsibility of supervising,setting the curriculum and goals of teaching, including the interaction and integration of the active teaching elements rests on the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education is responsible for providing educational services to its 14 directorates in the governorates.Each education directorate is responsible for the schools in its governorate.
In 1981, a law was passed to make education compulsory for all Syrian children from grades 1 to 6. In 2002,elementary and primary education were combined into one basic education stage and education was made compulsory and free from grades 1 to 9.
Arabic is the medium of instruction in the Syrian Arab Republic. English is taught from grade 1 in the basic learning stage as the primary second language, and French is taught in grades 7-12.
According to the 2007 census, 98 percent of schools in Syria are public, 1.8 percent are private, and 0.2 percent are United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools for children who are refugees.
In 2007, there were 8 million students in the education system of Syria (4 million in basic education, 1.4 million in secondary and 2.3 million in tertiary). Given the current growth rate in the school age population, it is projected that by 2015, the education system in Syria will need to cater for an additional 1 million students in basic and secondary education. The school system in Syria is divided into basic and secondary education levels:
1st to 6th grade: Primary Education Level (Arabic: تعليم أساسي حلقة أولى)
7th to 9th grade: Lower Secondary Education Level (Arabic: تعليم أساسي حلقة ثانية)
10th to 12th grade: Upper Secondary Education (Arabic: التعليم الثانوي), which is the equivalent of High School.
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