NationMaster - Irish Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	9.4	[15th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years	[52nd of 171]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.5%	[44th of 132]
Female teachers > Lower secondary	57.6%	[17th of 20]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11	941 hours	[14th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12	891 hours	[24th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	891 hours	[26th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	941 hours	[14th of 38]
Mathematical literacy	503	[15th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$21,940.00	[9th of 22]
School life expectancy > Male	14.5 years	[19th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.9 years	[17th of 110]
Student attitude > Dislike of school	34%	[8th of 17]
Student attitude > Report class disorder	26%	[13th of 17]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	95%	[20th of 28]
Students from households with calculator > Age 9	82%	[5th of 16]
Students from households with computer > Age 13	77%	[2nd of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 9	72%	[2nd of 16]
Students from households with study desk > Age 9	69%	[13th of 16]
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	49%

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

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

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