NationMaster - Irish Education statistics

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]
Literacy > Total population	99%	[22nd of 160]
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]
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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD

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

COMMENTARY

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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