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Southeast Asia > Vietnam > Education

VIETNAMESE EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Duration of compulsory education 170 years [170th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 145 [145th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 46 [46th of 181]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 75% [75th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 127% [127th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 121% [121st of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 12 [12th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate 38 [38th of 114]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female 115 % [115th of 197]
Literacy > Male 101 % [101st of 197]
Literacy > Total population 114 % [114th of 205]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level 68 [68th of 131]
Public spending per student > Primary level 105 [105th of 126]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 20 [20th of 123]
School enrollment, primary > % net 44 % net ... [44th of 139]
School life expectancy > Male 64 years [64th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 72 years [72nd of 110]
Spending on teaching materials 6 [6th of 30]
Tertiary enrollment 98% [98th 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.; 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.; 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.; 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.; 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.; 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.; 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: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Vietnam SR, Việt Nam

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