Gambia Education Stats
Definitions
- Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
- Child care (preschool) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin pre-primary (preschool) education.
- Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for pre-primary (preschool) education.
- College and university > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
- College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
- College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
- College and university > Teachers > Proportion of teachers female: Percentage of country's college and university professors that are female.
- Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
- Compulsary education starting age: Age at which children must be enrolled in school.
- Elementary (primary school) > Duration: Number of years students study at the primary level.
- Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
- High school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
- High school > Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
- High school > Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
- Tertiary > Students studying abroad: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year.
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Gambia Education Profiles (Subcategories)
| Child care (preschool) 3 | Elementary (primary) school 7 |
| College and university 4 | Elementary (primary) school) 3 |
| Elementary (primary school) 3 | High school 14 |
