Lithuania vs Pakistan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Lithuania
Lithuanian children celebrate Uzgavenes by burning a giant effigy of winter called More.
The Shrovetide festival features children in masks battling winter through songs, dances, and pancake feasting before burning the winter witch.
Pakistan
Over 20 million Pakistani children are out of school, the world's second highest number.
Despite constitutional guarantees of free education, poverty and gender barriers keep millions of children from classrooms.
Lithuania
Lithuania follows a 4-6-2 system with compulsory education from ages 6 to 16. Lithuanian is the language of instruction, with Polish and Russian minority schools. The system has been reformed since independence in 1990 to align with EU standards.
Pakistan
Pakistan runs three parallel education tracks: government schools, private schools, and religious madrassas. Quality varies enormously. Each province sets its own curriculum since the 18th Amendment devolved education in 2010.
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