Editing Suriname (section)

==Education==
{{main|Education in Suriname}}
[[File:Universiteit van Suriname.JPG|thumb|[[Anton de Kom University of Suriname]]]]
[[File:School children Bigi Poika.jpg|thumb|School children in [[Bigi Poika]], 2006]]
Education in Suriname is compulsory until the age of 12,<ref>{{cite web|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,SUR,4562d94e2,48caa491c,0.html|title=The UN Refugee Agency|publisher=Unhcr.org|access-date=28 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510010240/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,SUR,4562d94e2,48caa491c,0.html|archive-date=10 May 2011 }}</ref> and the nation had a net primary enrollment rate of 94% in 2004.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org">{{cite web|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_SUR.html|title=United Nations Development Programme|publisher=Hdrstats.undp.org|access-date=28 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818084138/http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_SUR.html|archive-date=18 August 2009 }}</ref> [[Literacy]] is very common, particularly among men.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/> The main university in the country is the [[Anton de Kom University of Suriname]].

From elementary school to high school there are 13 grades. The elementary school has six grades, middle school four grades, and high school three grades. Students take a test at the end of elementary school to determine whether they will go to the MULO (secondary modern school) or a middle school of lower standards like LBO.