Islamic Scholarship & Learning in Central Asia during Abbasid Period The educational institutions in Central Asia were graded and comprised elementary schools during the Abbasid Period. The educational system was further enlarged and elaborated. Elementary schools for senior students and institutions for advanced students. The formal education of the children usually begins at the age of six when they were admitted to elementary schools. The elementary schools were generally attached to the mosques. At the elementary stage boys and girls read tighter. The curricula for the elementary schools included reading, writing, grammar, traditions and arithmetic. After completing education in the mosque school, a student could seek admission to an educational institution meant for senior students. T