How are students and school classes in 15 countries

• How are students and school classes in 15 countries around the world

Brazil. School Escola Estadual Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo in the city of Belo Horizonte. It was a typical school for workers' children living in poor neighborhoods. only 8-10% of this school come to university

From 2004 to 2012 the British photographer Julian Jermaine visited 20 countries around the world and made it a photo of 450 school classes together with pupils. These photos illustrate well the state where the learning of these children.

As is usual in the western world, Julian Jermaine most of the costs of this trip brought together at the expense of donations of grateful Westerners. Travel to 20 countries for 8 years cost him about 200 thousand. Dollars, of which 120 thousand. People gave, and 80 thousand. He "has reached" the sale of books at the end of this journey.

Germany. School Agnes-Miegl-Realschule in Düsseldorf. "You can see that the class is decorated with graffiti - a youth subculture of this school just soaked," - says Jermaine

Yemen. Al Ishraq Primary School in the city of Al-Akamat megabits. This one-room elementary school in the mountainous part of the country. Here, children learn at the same time from 5 to 12 years, senior help tuition younger. Only about 15% of the children after the end of primary school continue their studies in high school, the university does not come here no one:

the United States. School Beaumont High School, the city of St. Louis. This school truly reflects the reality of this area of ​​the city inhabited by mostly black. The school is big, old buildings. But the teachers here have stolen up quite strong, and students, for example, learn even trigonometry. From that school to colleges and universities receive about 15% of the graduates:

The Netherlands. Bornago College School. Photographer Jermaine says that of all the schools of the world, he visited the students of the Dutch school were the most calm, friendly smile and not afraid to be photographed. This 9th grade, children 13-14 years:

Spain. The school Colegio de Educación Público, Estados Unidos de América Huarte de San Juan in Madrid. In this school, in music class taught by employees of the Madrid Philharmonic. "School classes in Spain were the smallest in the number of students of all the schools that I have seen" - says Jermaine

England. School Deneside Infants School in the town of Seaham. "This town, and especially the area where the school is located, disadvantaged, there are many unemployed and sitting on velfere. But at the same time, unlike other English schools, classes are very racially homogeneous - there are learning almost exclusively white, "- says the photographer

Peru. School Escolar Secundaria Tiracanchi. It is a tiny village in the mountains. 25% of the people there speak only on one of the Indian languages ​​- Quechua. 80% of the population - the peasants, 46% of homes have no electricity. The school teaches all subjects 1 teacher, and he is 67 years old. From this school no one ever did in high school

Ethiopia. Gambella Elementary School. It is a small village 420 km from the capital Addis Ababa. At school 5 classes. Teachers - the most respected people of this village, as well as the most highly - they get about $ 70 per month

Bangladesh. School Jessore Zilla School. Pupils are very proud of their form, as in Bangladesh in the form of people - very dear. Most kids dream of becoming doctors and lawyers, but the reality is that because of this simple way to school in these areas they are likely to be closed. But now the military among their graduates very much

Nigeria. School Kuramo Junior College Victoria Island, near the capital of Lagos. In fact it is the only well-maintained class at school, and the rest - in the open. This class and the furniture in it was arranged for the charitable money an oil company

Taiwan. School Min-sheng Junior High School in the capital, Taipei. Initially, these students had lunch in the classroom with the teacher, and then he made them sleep for 30 minutes straight at their desks. Then they walked on the street for 10 minutes and returned to his lessons. Tired of these children can be understood - they have a day for 8-9 lessons

Cuba. School Escuela Primaria Angela Landa in the old part of Havana. The families of these children are very poor, but there is good medicine (at the level of Western standards), as well as school children are fed for free

Qatar. School Omar Bin Al-Khattab Educational Complex in capital Doha. "This school has seemed effective (there is even a teacher from Europe), but soulless", - says Jermaine. Especially proud of the students making their way cause mustache

Russia. School №63 in the Kalinin district of St. Petersburg. It was the most ambitious students whom I saw during the trip - all of them are going to go to university. It was also the only student who walked on his heels in Gucci and Prada. This class was more like a meeting of business people, not students