Brunei vs Greece
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Brunei
Bruneian children attend free schools, receive free healthcare, and pay no income tax.
Oil wealth funds a cradle-to-grave welfare state where children's education, health, and basic needs are fully subsidized by the sultan.
Greece
In Greece, children eat dinner at tavernas at 10 PM โ and nobody thinks they should be in bed.
Greek family life follows a Mediterranean rhythm where children are fully integrated into adult social spaces, and late nights are a feature, not a flaw, of childhood.
Brunei
Brunei uses a bilingual system with Malay and English as languages of instruction. The SPN21 curriculum spans preschool through university. Islamic religious education is compulsory for Muslim students. Education is free at all levels.
Greece
School starts at age 6. Compulsory education covers 6 years of primary (dimotiko) and 3 years of lower secondary (gymnasio). Upper secondary (lykeio) is 3 years. The system is highly centralized, with curricula and textbooks set nationally.
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