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Average years of schooling of adults	9.3		[18th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	20.6 students		[12th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[45th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	4		[161st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	9		[2nd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.4%		[73rd of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	7.5%		[95th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	94		[54th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	74.9%		[47th of 135]
Female teachers > Lower secondary	75.6%		[3rd of 20]
Geographical aptitude results	75.409		[54th of 191]
Library books	6,035,140		[13th of 81]
Literacy > Male	99.7%		[2nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population	99.6%		[3rd of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	11.18 %		[51st of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level	10.8		[89th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	17.68		[102nd of 159]
Spending on teaching materials	0.3		[28th of 30]
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	60%
Tertiary enrollment	30.3%		[50th of 151]

Interesting facts on Slovak Education

• Central European men don’t teach. In Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, over 75 percent of lower secondary teachers are female.

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