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Europe > Ireland > Education

Average years of schooling of adults 9.4 [15th of 100]
Class size > Age 13 19.2 students [14th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education 10 years [52nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [88th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 5 [162nd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 5.5% [44th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary 36% [3rd of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 86.5% [29th of 135]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level 11.5% [14th of 17]
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level 57% [4th of 17]
Mathematical literacy 503 [15th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting $21,940.00 [9th of 22]
Reading literacy 527 [5th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male 14.5 years [19th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 14.9 years [17th of 110]
Scientific literacy 513 [9th of 27]
Student attitude > Dislike of school 34% [8th of 17]
Student attitude > Find school boring 67% [1st of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder 26% [13th of 17]
Tertiary enrollment 47.5% [30th of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; OECD; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ireland, ireland republic, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic

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macki
15th February 2011
that is totally awesome it helped me with my report on ireland
Aine
7th September 2009
These facts are not accurate. The irish education system has 8 yrs primary and 5 secondary. children have 11 yrs compulsary education.

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