Singapore vs Latvia
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Singapore
In Singapore, a child's primary school placement can depend on their parents' volunteer hours.
Education is the national obsession โ and the system to access it starts before kindergarten.
Latvia
Latvian children weave flower crowns and jump over bonfires during the midsummer Jani festival.
The Jani summer solstice celebration is the most beloved Latvian holiday, where children stay up all night singing folk songs around fires.
Singapore
Bilingual education (English + mother tongue) is mandatory. The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) at age 12 is a national event that streams students into different tracks.
Latvia
Latvia follows a 9-3 system with compulsory education from ages 5 to 16. Latvian is the language of instruction. The system transitioned from Russian and minority-language schools to Latvian-only instruction in 2019, affecting the large Russian-speaking minority.
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