Education in the Comoros

Practically all children attend Quranic school for two or three years, starting around age five; there they learn the rudiments of the Islamic faith and some classical Arabic.

[1] France established a system of primary and secondary schools based on the French model, which remains largely in place.

Improvement in educational facilities was funded in 1993 by loans from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the African Development Bank.

[2] Teacher training and other specialized courses are available at the M'Vouni School for Higher Education, in operation since 1981 at a site near Moroni.

In 1986 the government began opening technology training centers offering a three-year diploma program at the upper secondary level.

Routinely announced reductions in force among the civil service, often made in response to international pressure for fiscal reform, sometimes result in teacher strikes.