In many cases schools have been given the power to manage the lands that used to belong to the collective farms. In many villages the school principal is even seen as the administrator of the village. Rural schools have gardens and keep livestock, both of which supply the school cafeteria with food for the students. The schools often give surplus food to the families of the school children. Schools often organize vaudeville type evenings where the students and teachers sing songs and perform skits.
Students begin school at six years old and go until they are seventeen.
Some villages have school through the ninth grade. After school students can continue their education at a specialized institute or university in another part of the country, or at a two or four year technical school. Students in the schools often help with the gardens and livestock. If the school has its own land and raises field corps, then the students help with those as well. Learning about food production, storage and preparation is a big part of education in the village.