Education in Kwitzka

Education in Kwitzka is compulsory; every child must receive education from when they are 6 years old until they are 18 years old. 
The education is split into three stages: lower education (primary and secondary education), upper education (general education and technical schools) and higher education (universities).
==Primary education==
Primary education (years 1-3) start at the age of 6/7 and lasts until the age of 9/10. The first three years of primary education are "integrated", with one teacher handling all or most of the subjects alone. During the first three years, children study up to 5 subjects. They are: Kwnat, maths, English (sometimes minority language classes are also available), PE, and optionally religion. 
Most schools offering primary education also offer secondary education, generally dedicating the ground level floor for primary education purposes and higher floors for secondary education. Schools can also offer both lower and upper education, however that is very rarely found.
==Secondary education==
Secondary education (years 4-8) start at the age of 9/10 and last 4 years. During secondary education more focus is put on learning about specific subjects, such as biology, chemisty, physics or a third language (one of the following: German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Õbii, Lustarnese, Finnish, Iòso).
At the end of secondary education students must take 4 end of school tests: Kwnat, maths, a foreign language taught at school and a subject chosen by the student. These tests have no minimum passing result, so therefore they are impossible to fail as long as a student attends them. The results from the exams in points alongside their grades (from 4 chosen subjects + behaviour grade) are then added up as their final score, which will allow the student to apply for upper education schools. 
==Upper education==
Upper education is split into two branches: general schools (Kwnat: liceum, LIC) and technical schools (Kwnat: tëhnikum, TËH), both of which last 4 years. A student can choose which type of school he wants to attend and select which type of class he would like to attend.
===General schools===
General education schools teach the student most of the subjects present in secondary education on basic level and 2 or 3 select ones on extended level. After 4 years of education a final test is written from at least 3 subjects, out of which 1 must be written at an extended level, granting the student access into higher education.
===Technical schools===
Technical schools' primary goal is to teach certain occupations, the most popular being: accountant, mechanic and electronics specialist. After 4 years a student can write the final exams in the same form as in general schools, however it is not required.
Technical schools can sometimes be found in the form of farming schools or other specific schools, however they are legally considered technical schools and offer a similar curriculum.
==Universities==
Universities are the highest stage of education in Kwitzka, and about 40% of the country's population has or is attending a university. They are the most specific, in that they don't need to teach any certain subjects. Each university has total control over its curriculum and it can select what it wants to teach and how it wants to teach.
==Languages==
During all years of lower and upper education in Kwitzka all students have compulsory Kwnat language classes. In 3rd grade English is introduced as a subject, which can later be extended in upper education.
A third language is introduced in 6th grade of secondary school, where a student gets to choose one of the languages a school teaches. The most common choices are German and Spanish, and the rarest picked language is Iòso.
In counties with 2 official languages both languages must be taught at one point.