 | Education System in Vatican City |
Rules for celibacy dictate that Vatican City remains an education provider, as opposed to one requiring education 
for its children. In fact there is little room for schools at all within its 44 hectares comprising churches and administration buildings. Moreover, with a population of just 800 people, this would be hardly justified with so many fine facilities in Rome beyond its walls.
Vatican City does however host 64 education institutions elsewhere in
greater Rome, and in many other places almost anywhere else in the
world. Typically, the curricula there reflect national policies,
although faith instruction always has a role too. These days, a secular
society is making the role of religion less popular in education,
although what would happen were catholic schools to close in poorer
countries is difficult to contemplate.
