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Africa > Tanzania > Education

TANZANIAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 86 [86th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education 131 years [131st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 15 [15th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 113 [113rd of 181]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 136% [136th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 6% [6th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 133% [133rd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 152 [152nd of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate 114 [114th of 114]
Literacy > Female 152 % [152nd of 197]
Literacy > Total population 158 % [158th of 205]
Primary school girls out of school 23% [23rd of 99]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 18 [18th of 131]
Pupils reaching grade 5 66 [66th of 108]
Repitition rate > Primary level 93 [93rd of 143]
School enrollment, primary > % net 31 % net ... [31st of 139]
School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 48 % gross ... [48th of 174]
School life expectancy > Male 95 years [95th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 102 years [102nd of 110]
Tertiary enrollment 147% [147th 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.; 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.; 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.; 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: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania, united rep. of tanzania, Tanzania, U. Rep. of

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