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Africa > Mozambique > Education

MOZAMBICAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 98 [98th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 129 years [129th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 140 [140th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 158 [158th of 181]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 132% [132nd of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 162% [162nd of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 154% [154th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 89 [89th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate 109 [109th of 114]
Literacy > Female 186 % [186th of 197]
Literacy > Total population 190 % [190th of 205]
Primary school girls out of school 14% [14th of 99]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 85 [85th of 131]
Progression to secondary level 87 [87th of 97]
Pupils reaching grade 5 105 [105th of 108]
Pupils-teacher ratio > secondary level 16 [16th of 121]
Repitition rate > Primary level 15 [15th of 143]
School life expectancy > Male 90 years [90th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 100 years [100th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment 149% [149th of 151]

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SOURCES: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm); 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.; 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.; Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age; 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. ; ; 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.; 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.; Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.; Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.; 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: Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, Republica de Mocambique, Mocambique

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