Poland's children start at the age of five or six. The children have to complete one year of formal education before entering 1st grade and do so by age 7.Then At the end of 6th grade when the students are 13, they take a compulsory exam that will determine to which lower secondary school (gimnazjum, pronounced gheem-nah-sium) (Middle School/Junior High) they will be accepted.
Poland's literacy rate: total population: 99.7%