Editing Albania (section)

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in Albania}}

[[File:Akademia_e_arteve_Ergys_Veliu_Photography.jpg|thumb|right|The [[University of Arts (Albania)|University of Arts]] is the largest higher education institute dedicated to the study of arts.]]

In Albania, education is secular, free, [[Compulsory education|compulsory]], and based on three levels.<ref name="Official">{{cite web |title=Language Education Policy Profile: Albania Country Report |url=https://rm.coe.int/language-education-policy-profile-albania-country-report/16807b3b2d |location=Tirana |date=October 2016}}</ref><ref name="Epnuffic">{{cite web |title=The Albanian education system described and compared with the Dutch system|url=https://www.epnuffic.nl/en/publications/find-a-publication/education-system-albania.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171014102820/https://www.epnuffic.nl/en/publications/find-a-publication/education-system-albania.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2017 |date=1 January 2015}}</ref> The academic year is apportioned into two semesters, beginning in September or October and ending in June or July. [[Albanian language|Albanian]] is the [[primary language]] of instruction in the country's [[state school|academic institution]]s.<ref name="Epnuffic"/> The study of a first [[foreign language]] is mandatory and taught most often at elementary and bilingual schools.<ref name="foreign languages">{{cite web |title=Language Education Policy Profile 2015 – 2017 ALBANIA |url=https://rm.coe.int/language-education-policy-profile-albania/168073cf89 |website=rm.coe.int |location=Tirana |pages=13–18}}</ref> Languages taught in schools are English, Italian, French and German.<ref name="foreign languages"/> Albania has a [[school life expectancy]] of 16 years and a [[literacy rate]] of 98.7%, with 99.2% for men and 98.3% for women.<ref>{{cite web|title=SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY|url=http://world.bymap.org/SchoolLifeExpectancy.html|website=world.bymap.org |date=31 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=cia_fb2013>{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Albania|access-date=21 June 2013|year=2013}}</ref>

Compulsory primary education is divided into two levels, elementary and secondary school, from grade one to five and six to nine, respectively.<ref name="Official"/> Pupils are required to attend school from the age six until they turn 16. Upon successful completion of primary education, all pupils are entitled to attend high schools, specialising in any field, including arts, sports, languages, sciences, and technology.<ref name="Official"/>

Tertiary education is optional and has undergone a thorough reformation and restructuring in compliance with the principles of the [[Bologna Process]]. There are a significant number of private and public [[institutions of higher education]] in Albania's major cities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Overview of the Higher Education System Albania |url=https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/countryfiche_albania_2017.pdf |publisher=European Commission |pages=12–16 |date=February 2017 |access-date=30 October 2018 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930135101/https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/countryfiche_albania_2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Epnuffic"/> Tertiary education is organised into three successive levels, the [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor]], [[Master's degree|master]], and [[Doctorate Degree|doctorate]].