Education on Sparkalia

This overview of education on Sparkalia that includes both early and late stages of education.

Primary and Secondary Education

Kursibar

Education in Kursibar is free and mandatory from ages six to sixteen, and consists of three stages: Heia (equivalent to primary school in other countries), Ua-Heia (similar to secondary school in other countries), and Employment School (similar to a two-year university). Additional education is available in a variety of sponsored schools and universities. Heia lasts eight years. Students are given a basic education in Quoman dialects, mathematics, natural sciences, history, geography, engineering, physical education and visual and musical arts. Ua-Heia lasts for three years and includes three traditional types of schools focused on different subjects: the Quallan prepares students for university studies with a classical or scientific curriculum, while the Qua-Ste'a and the Qua-So'an prepare pupils for vocational education. The Employment School is solely focused on forming apprenticeships and finding students careers.

Ostrov

Ostrov has a single, comprehensive schooling system. Many towns will have their own schools, both at primary and secondary level, where town-dwellers attend; they follow a loose curriculum centred around core subjects such as Common, Lurynian, mathematics, the sciences, history and geography, although many schools choose to deliver arts and physical education as well. Homeschooling is legal under the common law and practiced by many farming families. While most Ostrovians will leave school aged eighteen, the more intelligent town-dwellers will attend the Polytechnic of Ostrov, a Southport-based university which specialises in science, medicine, engineering, mathematics and economics.

Tertiary Education

List of Higher Educational Institutions

Institution	Type	Location	Founding date	No of Students	Types of Degrees	Duration of Degrees	Specialization	Notes
Asethetodrome	Public University	Kuruk	1600	6100	Undergraduate	6+ years	Aesthetics, the Philosophy thereof, Fine Arts	Has churned out a statistically significant amount of artistically-bent spree killers
Deep Blue Academy of Oceanographic Studies	Public University	Deep Blue Marine Outpost	1599	1750	Undergradutae/Post-graduate	2-4+ years	Marine fields, nautical trades	N/A
Polytechnic of Ostrov	Privately run	Southport	1417	c. 1,225	Undergraduate; opportunities for PhD study offered	3-4 years	STEM and Economics	Commonly called the "Polytechnic." All students start on the Masters' (MSc) path, although about half finish at Bachelors' level (BSc).
Sibbarra Workman's Institute	Public University	Sibbarra	1602	14875	Undergradutae/Post-graduate	2-4+ years	STEM fields	N/A
Ul-Hedda Quallan at the Sharp Temple	Religious University	Sharp Temple Wells	241	250	N/A	N/A	Religious Research	Oldest school on Sparkalia