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Europe > Macedonia, Republic of > Education

MACEDONIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Duration of compulsory education 108 years [108th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 1 [1st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 5 [5th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 97% [97th of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 36% [36th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 76% [76th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 115% [115th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 148 [148th of 191]
Library books 29 [29th of 81]
Library members 5 [5th of 68]
Literacy > Female 83 % [83rd of 197]
Literacy > Total population 78 % [78th of 205]
Progression to secondary level 98 [98th of 97]
Public spending per student > Primary level 32 [32nd of 126]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 62 [62nd of 123]
Pupils reaching grade 5 33 [33rd of 108]
Repitition rate > Primary level 142 [142nd of 143]
School life expectancy > Male 52 years [52nd of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 50 years [50th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment 63% [63rd of 151]

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SOURCES: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.; Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.; Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.; Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002); 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.; Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.; Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.; Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.; ; This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. ; Progression to secondary level is the number of new entrants to the first grade of general secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.; Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.; Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.; Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.; Repetition rate is the percentage of primary school pupils who are currently enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year.; 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.; 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.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Macedonia, Republic of, Republic of Macedonia, Macedonia, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM, Republika Makedonija, Makedonija, macedonia (former yugoslav republic), macedonia (fyrom), macedonia (skopje), macedonia fyr, the former yugoslav rep. of macedonia, the former yugoslavian republic of macedonia, the fyr of macedonia, Macedonia, TFYR, FYR Macedonia, Macedonia, FYR, Macedonia FYR, TFYR Macedonia

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