Secondary and high school education sets the foundation for personality development and determines the level of further education of population, which, in turn, defines the competitiveness and long term development of any country. This note analyzes the time spent by young Moldovans of 10 to 18 years old for secondary and high-school education, highlighting the difference between girls and boys, villages and towns, as well as between high and low income families. For this purpose we will use the results of the Time Use Survey, carried out by the National Bureau of Statistics.