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Average years of schooling of adults
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9.5 |
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[13th of 100]
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Class size > Age 13
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35.5 students |
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[1st of 29]
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DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of compulsory education
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10 years |
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[34th of 171]
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DEFINITION: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school. |
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SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002 |
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Duration of education > Primary level
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6 |
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[32nd of 181]
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DEFINITION: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Duration of education > Secondary level
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6 |
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[74th of 181]
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DEFINITION: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Education spending (% of GDP)
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3.6% |
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[94th of 132]
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DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Educational attainment > Senior secondary
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49% |
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[7th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till senior secondary level (year 2000). |
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SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme |
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Educational attainment > Tertiary
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34% |
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[4th of 18]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003 |
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Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
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101.2% |
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[1st of 135]
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DEFINITION: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population. |
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SOURCE: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003 |
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Geographical aptitude results
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68.122 |
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[111st of 191]
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DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO |
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Mathematical literacy
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557 |
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[1st of 27]
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DEFINITION: Mathematical literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old 2000 |
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SOURCE: The Geography Zone |
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Reading literacy
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522 |
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[8th of 27]
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DEFINITION: Reading literacy mean value of performance scale (15 years old, 2000) |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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School life expectancy > Male
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14.4 years |
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[21st of 97]
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DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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School life expectancy > Total
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14.3 years |
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[25th of 110]
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DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Scientific literacy
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550 |
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[2nd of 27]
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DEFINITION: Scientific literacy mean value of performance scale 15 years old (2000) |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Student attitude > Dislike of school
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25% |
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[13th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of schoolgoing children who do not like going to school (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Student attitude > Find school boring
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32% |
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[16th of 17]
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DEFINITION: Percentage of students who do find school boring (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Student attitude > Report class disorder
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17% |
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[17th of 17]
|
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DEFINITION: Percentage of students who report high noise level and disorder in classes (2000). |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Teaching weeks per year > Primary
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35 weeks per year |
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[31st of 36]
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DEFINITION: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000. |
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SOURCE: OECD |
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Tertiary enrollment
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47.7% |
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[29th of 151]
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DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age. |
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SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics |
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