After primary education, students can choose to continue upon their academic track and attend a lycée for three years which ends with an exam called the Baccalaureat.[1] Doing well on this examination can help students gain admission to universities for higher and tertiary education.[2] Conversely, Malian students can take a more pre-professional track and opt to attend a two or four year vocational program to obtain a technical degree.[2] These forms of education have generally diversified over the past few years, since many students are now literate in many different languages such as Arabic, French, Latin, and local languages.[2] One famous example of a long lasting secondary school in Mali is the Higher Technical School.[3]