Arab Knowledge Report 2009: Towards Productive

Table 19: Time devoted to education in the two stages of basic education in the Arab statesCountryNumber ofschool weeksper yearPrimary educationAverage numberof periodsper weekAverageannual hoursof educationIntermediate educationAverage numberof periodsper weekAverageannual hoursof educationAlgeria 30 27 810 32 955Bahrain 31 28 789 30 850Comoros .. .. .. .. ..Djibouti .. .. .. .. ..Egypt 34 37 944 39 995Iraq 36 33 891 33 891Jordan 37 30 819 36 999Kuwait 34 32 808 31 791Lebanon 34 30 810 35 1050Libya 30 28 651 36 837Mauritania 36 30 1080 30 1080Morocco 33 28 924 32 1056Occupied PalestinianTerritories.. .. .. .. ..Oman 32 30 640 30 640Qatar 30 33 660 36 792Saudi Arabia 30 30 664 34 765Somalia .. .. .. .. ..Sudan 42 29 812 39 1106Syria 32 32 768 35 925Tunisia 30 28 825 30 900UAE 30 34 680 35 788Yemen 36 32 864 36 972Average 33 31 802 34 911Source: Compiled by Ramzi Salamah, member of the Report’s core team, on the basis of data from the International Database on Education, publications of UNESCO’sInternational Bureau of Education, Geneva, 2006.288 ARAB KNOWLEDGE REPORT 2009