Legal provision that requires children to attend an educational or training establishment for the duration of compulsory education.

Comment
  • the term “compulsory schooling” refers to the obligation for children to attend an educational or training establishment;
  • the term “compulsory education” refers to the obligation to provide education and not schooling, since families can, under certain conditions, replace school.
Source

Based on Eurostat, 2022; Légifrance, 1992.