The local volunteer fire brigade is always present to instruct the boys how to burn the Burgfeuer. This also marks the end of the Carnival holidays. The next morning the children have to go back to school. In Belgium, school is free and obligatory for all children up to the age of 18. Schooling usally starts at the age of 2.5, although there are currently talks to raise this to 3 years.
All kids go to kindergarten for three years.
After that there are 6 years of primary school. In primary school, children are thaught in reading and writing, maths, geography and languages. When I was in first year of primary school, we already started to learn french as a second language. Primary schools are public schools usually under control of the local community or the regional government. After completing at least 6 years of primary school, children move on to secondary school also called high schools.