Perhaps the most common solution, for high school students, is residential accommodation. It is used by all those for whom a daily commute to school would be impossible. The boarding house, which is officially known as a youth home, provides everything students need throughout the school year. The first days are often challenging. Especially for the students of multi-year grammar schools, who come to these facilities after the fifth year of primary school. The change of housing and the separation from parents and siblings are often hard to bear. A lot depends on the team the students form. The choice of roommate also has a big impact on the atmosphere of the first days.

During the first month, relationships settle down and students start to appreciate the opportunity to spend time with their peers. Dormitories offer a variety of activities to do in the afternoon. Whether it\’s using the gym, the swimming pool or team ball games. They can also attend art clubs and the musically gifted have the opportunity to improve their playing of their chosen instrument. Meals are offered in the common areas and the cooks strive to provide the children with a healthy diet. Snacks are usually prepared in the school cafeteria. Or in the adjacent markets. An exception among the boarding students are those who live within a 20-kilometre distance, but there is no transport service that would allow a daily commute from home.

In recent years, a prestigious American boarding school, Open Gate, has been operating in the capital. where children enter as early as first grade. The first five grades are taught entirely in English. which should lead them seamlessly into the high school studies that follow. Students live on campus in four dormitory buildings. On Sunday nights, they come from all over the country. And their parents take them home on Friday afternoon. The older ones often stay over the weekend. The daily schedule is set for all. Around 3pm, extra-curricular activities begin, ensuring development in all aspects. From 19 o\’clock, learning together begins for the next day. The canteen is not open at the weekend, so students cook for themselves. All students in good standing are guaranteed a scholarship.