North Macedonia vs Pakistan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
North Macedonia
North Macedonian children celebrate Christmas on January 7 and hunt for coins in special bread.
Orthodox Christmas features pogacha bread with a hidden coin โ the child who finds it is promised good luck for the year.
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.
North Macedonia
North Macedonia follows a 9-4 system with compulsory education from ages 6 to 15. Macedonian is the primary language, with Albanian-language instruction for the significant Albanian minority. Some schools operate in Turkish and Serbian as well.
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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