Here our grades are %. You pass with 60+%.
Though the government are going to change the way teachers have to evaluate students, but I dunno what it's all about and neither does my math teacher. She read us a part of the letter she got from the government and their vocabulary was so developped we didn't understand a thing of what they meant.
I sure am glad I'll be in college at that time (they won't be affected by this) since it really looks like ****
Also, I believe school is obligatory till the kid gets 16 years old, here.