An imaginary comparison between education system of Iran and Japan

Comparing Iran’s and Japan’s education system

 

By law, in Iran children have to go to school from the age of 7 to 18. But in Japan from the age 5 to 17.
In Iran, education is divided into four grades. The 1st, 2nd elementary and high-school, each one takes 3 years, totally 12 years of education. Also, there is an optional one-year pre-elementary for children at the age of 6. In contrast, Japan’s education system has 3 grades. A four-year step, elementary-school, a three-year junior high-school, and finally a five-year high-school.

There is another difference, single-sex and mixed-sex schools (co-education)
In Iran all schools before university are single-sex schools, whereas Japan's schools are mixed in all years except in last year of high school.

In both country it's compulsory to pass a country-wide exam, for entering university.
In the same way there is same culture and discipline, especially in interaction between students and their teachers. Though in Japan it's more rigid and traditional.