21.   SOME parents are still ignorant about certain education policies such as the nine-year compulsory education and the prohibition of corporal punishment, a survey has shown.

22.   Shortly after taking power in July, Yilmaz pleased the army by adopting a compulsory education bill requiring eight years of secular studies.

23.   Shortly after taking power, Yilmaz pleased the army by adopting a compulsory education bill requiring eight years of secular studies.

24.   That would mean requiring women to cover their heads, banning alcohol and instituting compulsory religious education, among other measures.

25.   That would mean requiring women to cover their heads, banning alcohol and instituting compulsory religious education, among other things.

26.   The education measures include a controversial proposal to increase compulsory education from five to eight years.

27.   The Education Commission said the law requires state-owned primary and middle schools to ensure children get nine years of compulsory education.

28.   The government said the draft bill would increase compulsory secular education from five to eight years, in effect shutting down the junior high sections of Islamic secondary schools.

29.   The National Security Council was to discuss the measures including a controversial proposal to increase compulsory education from five to eight years.

30.   The new law would increase compulsory secular education from five to eight years, shutting down the junior high sections of Islamic secondary schools.