Students with whom the review team met confirmed that they experienced adequate support for assignments completed outside of school, and found those assignments to be usefully integrated with their in-school work. The total school-based instruction time in basic education is shorter than the OECD average (6 577 hours as compared to 7 257) - about one year less by the end of compulsory schooling. In recent years the duration of instruction has been extended with the introduction of compulsory pre-primary education in 2016, the objective of which was to better prepare students for primary schooling.