Comparing Classrooms Around The World
By Kirsty
2 years ago
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China
Image Source / InsiderStudents at schools in China have to face issues of pollution in the air. That means that sometimes classes in schools have to be cancelled if the pollution levels are too high. When this happens, teachers can virtually broadcast to their students working from home.India
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South Africa
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This is a classroom of 11th-grade students completing their education in Soweto, South Africa. Their teacher, Reginald, poses with his students of Sekano-Ntoane school, and here you can see a classroom of standard brick walls and simple desks.
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Germany
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In this nursery school in Eichenau, Germany, a good breakfast is prioritised before the students start their learning day. The school, based close to Munich, sees the students eating breakfast together at tables before they move to their classrooms.
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Another bright and artistic classroom is this one in Rabat, Morocco, at the Oudaya primary school. It looks like the students were allowed to decorate the walls themselves, supervised by their teacher, Moulay Ismael Lamrani posing with them here.
Ukraine
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At this school in Kiev, Ukraine, the classroom has a more formal and austere vibe to it (though of course these students are older). The students here are 16 to 17 years old in their final year, with their art teacher Hanna Snitko, at the Ukrainian Humanities Lyceum high school.
Georgia
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This classroom at a school in Georgia (the country where Europe and Asia meet, not the US state) shows teacher Tsipuria posing with her fifth-grade class in Tblisi, which is the capital of the country. Another brightly decorated wall for this one!
Cuba
An altogether different vibe for the classroom at this school in Havana, Cuba, because it's a dance school: Cuba's National Ballet School, to be exact. Students here look highly focused on perfecting their dance training!
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Image Source / The GuardianThis picture of schoolchildren in this primary school in Yemen is not just one class, but the whole school. It's a one-room school in a small village, but what it lacks in size and student population, it makes up for in the stunning mountainous views surrounding the region.Missouri
Image Source / The GuardianThis classroom shows students at Beaumont High School in St Louis, Missouri. This school has that old and traditional vibe to it, and classroom atmospheres show that teacher and pupils really get on here. Students in this classroom study Geometry.Netherlands
Image Source / The GuardianHere on Sports Day in this Dutch school, the students of this class are Year 9, so around 13 to 14 years old. This particular classroom is outdoors because it's a PE lesson, which is a source of horror for a lot of students and surely some of them pull a sicky to get out of it from time to time if they're not the sporty type!Spain
Image Source / The GuardianA very different classroom environment for these students in the middle of a music lesson, laden with instruments. The classroom seems quite small to say all those huge instruments need to fit in. This school in Madrid, Spain, sees these students being taught the Suzuki method for their music.Peru
Image Source / The GuardianThis school is located in a small village in the mountains of Tiracanchi. It takes around four hours in a wagon to get there. A quarter of the schoolchildren here speak only their native language of Quechua. At this school, teachers are the main problem, as the locals aren't educated enough to be able to teach, and educated teachers from bigger cities don't want to live in this remote location.Ethiopia
Image Source / The GuardianThis is a classroom in Gambella Elementary School in Ethiopia. It's in a small village with beautiful surroundings, and the school itself is very basic. There are only five classes in this school, and the building here sees the original stonework and dirt ground of the building being the location of these students' lessons.Bangladesh
Image Source / The GuardianThis school clearly takes pride in its reputation, as students are seen to wear very strict and formal uniforms. That formality also extends to the classes themselves, which are rather strict, too. The students in this class may aspire to be doctors or lawyers. With no decoration or brightly coloured walls, maybe this will help them focus!Taiwan
Image Source / The GuardianThis classroom in Taipei, Taiwan, reveals a class full of sleeping students - for good reason! These particular naps were actually planned, as schoolchildren get a 30 minute nap during the day after having lunch in the classroom with their teacher. They start lessons again after their nap, hopefully refreshed!Qatar
Image Source / The GuardianThis school sees its pupils dressed formally in an official uniform and has a bit of a 'serious work' environment to it rather than rowdy teens. There's a little bit of colour on the walls for this classroom, though, which adds a bit of fun to all the seriousness, at least!Russia
Image Source / The GuardianMore school uniforms for this classroom in St Petersburg, Russia, but a little less formal than some we've seen on this list! But Russia does take education seriously, and apparently the students are decked out with designer shoes, too, with ambitions to go to university.What To Read Next
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