Education in the Lake District

Education in the Lake District takes place in a diverse demographic, with two major languages and several smaller ones. Primary education is compulsory from age seven to age 15. The municipalities provide preschools for children aged three to six, where the main focus is socialisation, spoken and written language skills, and basic mathematics. Primary school is also provided by the municipalities, but governed and controlled by the national government. Basic school consist of grades one through four, Middle school grades five through seven, and Finishing school grades eight and nine. The municipalities, on the behalf of the national government, provide secondary school. Such schools can either be preparatory for higher education, or vocational. Both forms, with certain exceptions, consist of grades ten through twelve. Almost all primary and secondary schools have as their primary language of instruction either Hurmu Norse or Lakkvian. There are also a few primary schools with Crandish, Craitish or Istvanistani instruction. There is also a growing number of preschools with Hurmumol as the primary language. In all schools, the language of instruction is taught exclusively in grades one through four, with either Hurmu Norse or Lakkvian introduced as a subject together with Istvanistani from grade five. To graduate from Finishing school at grade nine, the pupil must have satisfactory grades in the language of instruction, Hurmu Norse or Lakkvian if that is not the language of instruction, Istvanistani, mathematics and social studies.

Tertiary education is provided by union institutions based in the Lake District, as well as national institutions governed by the Lake District government.