In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg secondary education is provided by state schools (mostly high schools – lycées), private schools teaching the official curriculum of the ministry, private schools teaching a different curriculum, and European schools.
Public secondary schools are open to adolescents having reached the age of 12. Compulsory education is being gradually extended from the age of 16 to 18, starting in the 2026/2027 school year. To meet this requirement, young people must attend school, undertake vocational training or, if they are at least 16 years old, have started working under an employment contract. In the 2026/2027 school year, the extension of compulsory education applies to young people born after 31 August 2009.
A full secondary school cycle, without repeating a class, lasts seven years.
Public education is subdivided into:
- Classical secondary education (ESC)
- General secondary education (ESG)
- European education
- International English curriculum (Cambridge)
- British education
- German-Luxembourgish education
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