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Africa > Sierra Leone > Education

SIERRA LEONEAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 92 [92nd of 100]
Duration of education > Primary level 84 [84th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 111 [111st of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 91% [91st of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 110% [110th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 163% [163rd of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 131% [131st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 90 [90th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate 34 [34th of 114]
Library books 73 [73rd of 81]
Library employees 60 [60th of 68]
Library members 53 [53rd of 68]
Literacy > Female 192 % [192nd of 197]
Literacy > Male 193 % [193rd of 197]
Literacy > Total population 200 % [200th of 205]
Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level 25 [25th of 175]
Repitition rate > Primary level 100 [100th of 143]
School enrollment, primary > % net 123 % net ... [123rd of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 2 % gross ... [2nd of 174]
Tertiary enrollment 131% [131st 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 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.; 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. ; 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.; Repetition rate is the percentage of primary school pupils who are currently enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year.; Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.; Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.; 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: Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone

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