Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
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OPPORTUNITIES LOST: THE IMPACT OF GRADE REPETITION AND EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING<br />
REGION<br />
Country or territory<br />
Pre-primary education Primary education Secondary education<br />
Teaching staff<br />
Pupil-teacher ratio<br />
Teaching staff Pupilteacheteacher<br />
Teaching staff Pupil-<br />
Total Lower secondary Upper secondary<br />
ratio<br />
MF<br />
MF<br />
ratio MF<br />
MF<br />
MF<br />
Total<br />
(000) % F<br />
(000) % F<br />
(000) % F (000) % F (000) % F<br />
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)<br />
Botswana 2 -1 98 -1 13 -1 13 -1 76 -1 25 -1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Burkina Faso 2 +1 82 +1 23 +1 46 +1 37 +1 48 +1 23 +1 16 +1 ... ... ... ... 26 +1 ... ...<br />
Burundi 2 69 34 37 53 51 11 20 ... ... ... ... 30 ... ...<br />
Cameroon 15 97 22 77 48 46 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Cape Verde 1 100 20 3 68 24 4 41 2 42 1 40 18 19 16<br />
Central African Republic 0.5 +1 88 +1 44 +1 8 +1 18 +1 81 +1 2 +1 12 +1 ... ... ... ... 67 +1 ... ...<br />
Chad 1 79 35 28 ... 62 13 6 7 6 6 6 32 43 20<br />
Comoros ... ... ... 4 -2 37 -2 30 -2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Congo 2 96 23 14 53 49 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Côte d’Ivoire 4 +1 92 +1 19 +1 56 +1 27 +1 49 +1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Democratic Republic of the Congo 9 97 25 286 27 37 218 11 ... ... ... ... 16 ... ...<br />
Equatorial Guinea 2 -2 87 -2 24 -2 3 36 27 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Eritrea 1 98 35 8 41 38 6 13 4 13 3 13 39 41 35<br />
Ethiopia 10 80 35 252 36 54 98 21 79 23 18 13 43 46 33<br />
Gabon ... ... ... 13 +1 53 +1 25 +1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Gambia ... ... ... 6 -1 33 -1 37 -1 ... ... 3 -1 21 -1 ... ... ... 27 -1 ...<br />
Ghana 38 ** , -1 85 -1 35 ** , -1 124 +1 37 +1 31 +1 115 +1 24 +1 83 +1 25 +1 32 +1 21 +1 19 +1 16 +1 25 +1<br />
Guinea 4 53 ** 34 34 29 42 18 ** , -1 6 ** , -1 11 -1 6 -1 6 ** , -1 5 ** , -1 32 ** , -1 36 -1 25 ** , -1<br />
Guinea-Bissau 0.3 69 29 5 22 52 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Kenya 93 -1 83 -1 21 -1 153 ** , -1 44 ** , -1 47 ** , -1 108 ** , -1 41 ** , -1 51 ** , -1 44 ** , -1 57 -1 38 -1 30 ** , -1 33 ** , -1 27 -1<br />
Lesotho 2 ... 24 12 77 34 ... ... 5 ** 56 ** ... ... ... 18 ** ...<br />
Liberia ... ... ... 22 -2 12 -2 24 -2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Madagascar 7 97 23 106 56 40 44 -1 45 -1 33 -1 46 -1 11 -1 39 -1 23 ** , -1 25 -1 18 ** , -1<br />
Malawi ... ... ... 43 ** 40 ** 79 ** ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Mali 2 +1 94 +1 44 +1 44 +1 28 +1 48 +1 33 +1 ... 15 +1 ... 18 +1 9 +1 25 +1 38 +1 13 +1<br />
Mauritius 3 99 14 5 70 21 8 58 ... ... ... ... 16 ** ... ...<br />
Mozambique ... ... ... 95 +1 41 +1 55 +1 21 +1 19 +1 ... ... ... ... 34 +1 ... ...<br />
Namibia ... ... ... 14 -1 68 -1 30 -1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Niger 3 +1 91 +1 32 +1 49 +1 45 +1 39 +1 10 18 8 19 2 14 30 34 15<br />
Nigeria 60 ** , -2 65 -2 29 ** , -2 574 48 36 274 46 161 51 113 38 33 31 36<br />
Rwanda 3 +1 80 +1 38 +1 40 +1 52 +1 58 +1 21 +1 28 +1 ... ... ... ... 24 +1 ... ...<br />
Sao Tome and Principe 0.3 94 19 1 +1 56 +1 30 +1 1 +1 20 ** , +1 1 +1 20 +1 0.1 +1 20 ** , +1 20 +1 19 +1 21 +1<br />
Senegal 6 78 24 50 31 34 22 17 ... ... ... ... 32 ... ...<br />
Seychelles 0.2 100 13 1 83 13 1 60 ... ... ... ... 12 ... ...<br />
Sierra Leone 2 +1 82 +1 17 +1 38 +1 25 +1 31 +1 ... ... 13 +1 14 +1 ... ... ... 19 +1 ...<br />
Somalia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
South Africa ... ... ... 232 -1 77 -1 31 -1 187 -1 55 -1 ... ... ... ... 25 -1 ... ...<br />
Swaziland 2 95 11 7 71 32 5 48 ... ... ... ... 18 ... ...<br />
Togo 2 79 26 32 14 41 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Uganda 20 83 25 172 41 49 71 ** , -1 23 ** , -1 ... ... ... ... 18 ** , -1 ... ...<br />
United Republic of Tanzania 16 54 57 166 50 51 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Zambia ... ... ... 50 ** 51 ** 58 ** ... ... 14 ** , -2 50 ** , -2 ... ... ... 32 ** , -2 ...<br />
Zimbabwe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Lower<br />
secondary<br />
Upper<br />
secondary<br />
REGIONAL AVERAGES<br />
WORLD 7,804 ** 94 ** 21 ** 28,532 62 24 32,003 52 17,535 54 14,468 49 17 18 16<br />
Arab States 193 ** 90 ** 20 ** 1,954 57 21 1,992 ** 46 ** 1,149 ** 50 ** 844 ** 41 ** 15 ** 17 ** 12 **<br />
Central and Eastern Europe 1,086 ** 97 ** 10 ** 1,113 ** 82 ** 17 ** 2,643 ** 72 ** ... ... ... ... 11 ** ... ...<br />
Central Asia 152 ** 97 ** 11 ** 323 90 17 920 71 ... ... ... ... 11 ... ...<br />
East Asia and the Pacific 2,106 96 21 10,399 62 18 10,484 50 5,928 52 4,556 47 16 16 15<br />
Latin America and the Caribbean 1,035 96 20 3,046 78 22 3,661 59 2,076 64 1,585 53 16 18 15<br />
North America and Western Europe 1,545 94 14 3,742 83 14 5,205 61 2,747 65 2,458 57 12 12 12<br />
South and West Asia ... ... ... 4,853 ** 46 ** 39 ** 5,376 39 2,454 41 2,923 38 27 32 22<br />
Sub-Saharan Africa 444 ** 76 ** 27 ** 3,103 43 43 1,722 ** 30 ** 1,076 ** 30 ** 646 ** 32 ** 25 ** 26 ** 24 **<br />
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