Do state schools around the world have a complusory uniform?

[alex8]

This sort of follows on from the jogging suit thread. I asked this but only had a couple of responses. I know most UK schools do. US schools don't and also ex-british colonies like Australia do. I didn't know much about Europe or other parts of the world. I was genuinly intrested if it was a peculiarly British phenomenon or more widespread?

I know remember seeing lots of Japanese teenagers in jogging suits on school trips when I went there. Also there were lots of girls in school uniforms but that could also have been one of those fashion trends!

not in italy. we used to wear aprons (white for girls, navy for boys) though, at least until 8yes old (that was in the seventies)

not Switzerland

I have been to a couple of Kenyan schools, and the children had uniforms on. I remember at one school the girls had really bright pink skirts.

Saw a group of Japenese students in France. They were wearing extremely smart, formal suits -a bit like the style The Beatles wore.

The primary school ds ' International school was linked to in Ghana had a uniform but not sure it was state funded.

They have uniforms in Brasil in privat and public schools and I know about a german school in our neighbourhood that has just introduced school uniform - basicly t-shirts with the school emblem