Kazakhstan vs Sri Lanka
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Kazakhstan
Kazakh children learn to ride horses before they learn to ride bicycles.
Nomadic equestrian heritage runs deep โ horseback games like kokpar are taught to children in rural areas alongside modern school subjects.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has provided free education from kindergarten through university since 1945.
This early commitment to universal education gave Sri Lanka a 92% literacy rate, the highest in South Asia.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan follows an 11-year system transitioning to 12 years. Kazakh and Russian are both languages of instruction, with English being added as a third language for science subjects. The Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools serve as reform laboratories.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka provides entirely free education from primary through university, including free textbooks and uniforms. The 5-4-2-2 system operates in Sinhala and Tamil medium schools. A highly competitive grade 5 scholarship exam determines entry to prestigious schools.
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