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Table 3 - Primary Education Indicators:  Access, Efficiency and Overall Literacy.

Table 3 from:  Globalisation Of Education Policies:  Extent Of External Influences On Contemporary Universal Primary Education Policies In Papua New Guinea - by:  © Thomas Webster - University of Papua New Guinea Press, July 2000.  1SBN:  9980-084-094-3

Duration in Years
(Column 1)

Access Capacity; GER's
(Column 2)

Internal Efficiency
(Column 3)

Literacy Rate
(Column 4)

1.1.

1.2.

2.1.

2.2.

2.3.

3.1.

3.2.

Country

Compulsory

First Level

Total

Male

Female

% Repeaters

% of 1991

Education

Education

1980

1992

1980

1992

1980

1992

1992

Cohort to Gr.5

1990

China

9

5

113

120

121

124

104

117

5

88

73.3

Korea, Rep.

10

4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

N/a

96.3

Singapore

-

6

108

107

109

n/a

106

n/a

n/a

100

82.9

Sri Lanka

10

5

103

105

105

106

100

104

7

92

88.4

U.A. Emirates

6

6

89

110

90

111

88

109

6

99

48.0

Jamaica

6

6

103

109

103

109

104

108

4

96

98.4

Philipines

6

6

112

112

114

n/a

110

n/a

2

75

89.7

Mexico

6

6

122

113

122

114

121

111

9

84

87.3

Syria

6

6

100

107

111

112

88

101

7

92

64.5

Cuba

6

6

106

102

109

103

103

102

3

95

94.0

Indonesia

6

6

107

114

115

116

100

112

9

86

77.0

Gabon

10

6

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

33

N/a

60.7

Paraguay

6

6

104

109

107

111

100

108

9

74

90.1

Peru

6

6

115

119

117

n/a

112

n/a

n/a

N/a

85.1

Tunisia

11

6

103

116

118

122

88

110

19

90

65.3

Iran

5

5

92

111

107

117

75

105

7

89

54.0

Ecuador

6

6

117

123

119

124

116

122

n/a

N/a

85.8

Uruguay

6

6

107

108

107

108

107

107

10

95

96.2

Mauritius

-

6

93

106

94

107

91

106

8

100

88.0

Panama

6

6

106

106

108

108

105

104

10

82

88.1

Botswana

-

7

91

116

83

113

100

120

3

84

73.6

Egypt

8

5

73

97

84

105

61

89

8

98

48.4

Argentina

7

7

106

108

106

108

106

107

n/a

N/a

95.3

Trinidad & Tob.

6

7

100

95

100

95

100

95

4

95

94.9

Malaysia

9

6

93

93

93

92

92

94

-

98

78.4

Thailand

6

6

99

99

100

n/a

97

n/a

n/a

88

93.0

Algeria

9

6

94

103

108

111

81

96

9

93

57.4

Brazil

8

8

99

111

101

n/a

97

n/a

17

72

81.1

Honduras

6

6

98

112

98

111

99

112

12

N/a

73.1

Costa Rica

9

6

105

103

106

103

104

102

10

86

92.8

Chile

8

8

109

99

110

99

108

98

n/a

95

93.4

Venezuela

10

9

94

96

92

95

96

97

11

78

88.1

Iraq

6

6

113

91

119

98

107

83

17

N/a

59.7

Jordan

10

10

104

94

105

94

102

95

4

98

80.1

Kuwait

8

4

102

60

105

60

100

60

4

N/a

73.0

Zambia

7

7

90

92

97

n/a

83

n/a

n/a

N/a

72.8

Myanmar

5

5

91

105

93

107

89

104

n/a

N/a

80.6

Kenya

-

8

115

92

120

93

110

91

n/a

77

69.0

Bolivia

8

8

87

95

92

99

81

90

3

60

77.5

Zimbabwe

8

7

115

119

120

120

110

117

-

76

66.9

Libyan Arab. Jam.

9

9

n/a

106

n/a

107

n/a

104

n/a

N/a

63.8

Cameroon

6

6

98

101

107

109

89

93

29

66

54.1

Dominican Rep.

8

8

121

97

120

95

123

99

n/a

N/a

83.3

El Salvador

9

9

75

78

75

78

75

79

7

58

73.0

Colombia

5

5

124

117

123

116

126

117

11

59

86.7

Lao PDR

8

5

113

104

123

119

104

89

28

53

83.9

Lesotho

7

7

102

102

85

94

120

111

21

60

68.0

Togo

6

6

113

102

137

122

89

81

37

70

43.3

Cote d'voire

6

6

79

69

95

81

63

58

25

73

53.8

India

8

5

83

101

98

112

67

89

n/a

N/a

48.2

Madagascar

5

5

136

76

139

77

133

74

33

28

80.2

PNG

-

6

59

74

66

80

51

67

-

69

52.0

Bangladesh

5

5

60

79

70

84

50

73

7

47

35.3

Congo

10

6

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

36

72

56.6

Rwanda

8

7

63

77

66

78

60

76

14

59

50.2

Saudi Arabia

-

6

61

75

74

78

49

73

11

96

62.4

Nepal

5

5

84

109

117

130

49

87

27

52

25.6

Benin

6

6

64

66

87

88

41

44

3

84

23.4

Nigeria

6

6

119

90

135

100

104

79

n/a

87

50.7

Zaire

6

6

92

70

108

77

77

61

21

64

71.8

Ghana

9

6

80

76

89

83

71

70

3

80

60.3

Morocco

6

6

83

73

102

85

63

60

12

80

49.5

Cent. Afr. Rep.

6

6

71

71

92

88

51

55

31

65

37.7

Guatemala

6

6

71

84

77

89

65

78

16

N/a

55.1

Malawi

8

8

60

68

72

74

48

62

18

46

32.0

Uganda

-

7

52

70

60

78

44

63

n/a

55

48.3

Senegal

6

6

46

59

55

67

37

50

16

88

38.3

Yemen

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

N/a

39.1

Tanzania

7

7

94

70

100

71

88

69

3

83

91.0

Burundi

6

6

26

69

32

76

21

62

24

74

50.0

Angola

8

4

175

91

n/a

95

n/a

87

33

34

41.7

Mozambique

7

5

99

60

114

69

84

52

25

35

32.9

Haiti

6

6

76

56

82

58

70

54

13

47

53.0

Sierra Leone

-

7

52

51

61

60

43

42

n/a

N/a

20.7

Mauritania

-

6

37

61

47

68

26

55

16

72

34.0

Sudan

-

6

50

52

59

59

41

45

-

94

27.1

Chad

8

6

n/a

59

n/a

80

n/a

38

32

49

29.8

Burkina Faso

6

6

18

38

23

47

14

30

17

70

18.2

Pakistan

-

5

39

44

51

57

27

30

n/a

48

34.8

Ethopia

6

6

35

23

45

27

25

19

n/a

22

24.3

Guinea

8

6

135

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

N/a

24.0

Niger

8

6

25

29

33

37

18

21

18

82

28.4

Liberia

9

6

48

n/a

61

n/a

34

n/a

n/a

N/a

39.5

Bhutan

-

7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

19

N/a

38.4

Afghanistan

6

8

34

31

54

46

12

16

9

43

29.4

Mali

9

6

27

25

34

32

19

19

25

76

32.0

Somalia

8

8

19

n/a

24

n/a

14

n/a

n/a

n/a

24.1

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