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Europe > Monaco > Education

MONEGASQUE EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Duration of compulsory education 48 years [48th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 142 [142nd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 36 [36th of 181]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 80% [80th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 40% [40th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 45 [45th of 191]
Library books 59 [59th of 81]
Library employees 61 [61st of 68]
Library members 47 [47th of 68]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female 35 % [35th of 197]
Literacy > Male 42 % [42nd of 197]
Literacy > Total population 34 % [34th of 205]
Persistence to grade 5, female > % of cohort 51 % ... [51st of 83]
Persistence to grade 5, male > % of cohort 23 % ... [23rd of 83]
Private school enrolment > Primary level 24 [24th of 148]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 36 [36th of 131]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level 141 [141st of 175]
Spending on teaching materials 17 [17th of 30]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls both

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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.; 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. ; Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.; Private sector enrolment share, primary level is the share of primary school pupils who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.; Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.; Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.; Public expenditure on teaching materials, primary level is the amount spent on teaching materials expressed as a percentage of total public current spending on primary education.;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Monaco, Principality of Monaco, Principaute de Monaco

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