 As a result of the 6-year civil war in the late 1990s-early 2000s, over 5.2 million children in the country did not receive any education.Since the end of the civil war, the situation has improved tremendously, with the number of children enrolled in primary schools rising from 5.5 million in 2002 to 13.5 million in 2014, and the number of children enrolled in secondary schools rising from 2.8 million in 2007 to 4.4 million in 2014 according to UNESCO.The educational system in the DRC is similar to that of Belgium in that there are 6 years of primary followed by 6 years of secondary education (the education system has suffered from decades of conflict although recent years have shown an improvement).