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Central America and the Caribbean > Cayman Islands > Education

CAYMANIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Children out of school, primary 66 ... [66th of 126]
Children out of school, primary, female 64 ... [64th of 117]
Children out of school, primary, male 69 ... [69th of 117]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group 81 % ... [81st of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group 62 % ... [62nd of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group 84 % ... [84th of 157]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over has ever attended school
Literacy > Female 51 % [51st of 197]
Literacy > Male 63 % [63rd of 197]
Literacy > Total population 55 % [55th of 205]
Net intake rate in grade 1 > % of official school-age population 46 % ... [46th of 95]
Net intake rate in grade 1, female > % of official school-age population 48 % ... [48th of 93]
Net intake rate in grade 1, male > % of official school-age population 42 % ... [42nd of 93]
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort 25 % ... [25th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort 29 % ... [29th of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 32 % ... [32nd of 92]
School enrollment, primary > % net 60 % net ... [60th of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 90 % gross ... [90th of 174]
School enrollment, secondary > % net 2 % net ... [2nd of 121]
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 13 % gross ... [13th of 162]

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SOURCES: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.; Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.; This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. ; Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.; Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.; Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.; Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.; Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.; Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Cayman Islands, cayman, Cayman, British West Indies

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