Mozambique vs Sri Lanka
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Mozambique
Mozambican children speak Portuguese at school but one of 40 local languages at home.
As the only Portuguese-speaking country in East Africa, Mozambique's children navigate between colonial-era school language and indigenous mother tongues daily.
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.
Mozambique
Mozambique uses a 7-3-2 system with Portuguese as the language of instruction. Primary education is free but not yet universally accessible. Bilingual education programs using local languages have been piloted in rural areas.
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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