Statistics:Education

Statistics:Education

<p><b>Education and gender</b>: there is a powerful human rights argument and a strong developmental case for achieving "Gender in education. It is an affordable investment with high returns. When girls are educated, livelihoods are improved, education is valued, and civic responsibility is enhanced. In most societies, however, deep-seated inequalities result in unequal access to and performance in education.
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</p><p>Follow the links below to access internationally comparable statistics on gender and education from the "United.
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<h2 id="w_unesco-institute-for-statistics-data">UNESCO Institute for Statistics data<br /></h2>
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Female Students</b> </span>
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<p><a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_STUDENTS" alt="<font color="#0000ff"><b>Percentage of Female Students</b></font>"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Percentage of Female Students</b></font></a>
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<p><a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_GRADUATES_TERTIARY" alt="<b>Percentage of Female Graduates in Tertiary Education</b>"><b>Percentage of Female Graduates in Tertiary Education</b></a>
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Female Teachers</b> </span>
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_TEACHERS" alt="<b>Percentage of Female Teachers</b>"><b>Percentage of Female Teachers</b></a>
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TRAINED_TEACHERS" alt="<b>Percentage of Trained Teachers</b>"><b>Percentage of Trained Teachers</b></a> (Total, male and female)
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Literacy</b> </span>
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=YOUTH_ILLITERACY" alt="<b>Youth illiteracy</b>"><b>Youth illiteracy</b></a> (Total and&nbsp;% female)
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<p><a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ADULT_ILLITERACY" alt="<b>Adult Illiteracy (15+)</b>"><b>Adult Illiteracy (15+)</b></a>&nbsp;(Total and&nbsp;% female)
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<p><a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FEMALE_LITERACY" alt="<b>Female Literacy</b>"><b>Female Literacy</b></a>
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255)"><b>School Life Expectancy</b> </span>
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=SCHOOL_LIFE_EXPECTANCY" alt="<b>School Life Expectancy</b>"><b>School Life Expectancy</b></a>
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Gender Parity Index</b> </span>
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org//Index.aspx?DataSetCode=GER_GPI" alt="<b>Gross enrolment ratio (GER) and gender parity index (GPI) of GER</b>"><b>Gross enrolment ratio (GER) and gender parity index (GPI) of GER</b></a>
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<td bgcolor="#3366bb" style="text-align: center" width="50%" colspan="2"> <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Primary children out of school</b> </span>
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<td bgcolor="#cccccc" style="text-align: center" width="50%"> <a href="http://stats.wikiprogress.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=OUT_OF_SCHOOL" alt="<b>Rate of primary school children out of school</b>"><b>Rate of primary school children out of school</b></a>
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<h3 id="w_unesco-institute-for-statistics">UNESCO Institute for Statistics</h3>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx" alt="UNESCO Institute for Statistics">UNESCO Institute for Statistics</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/The_2010_Global_Education_Digest" alt="The 2010 Global Education Digest">The 2010 Global Education Digest</a>; related *<a href="http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/The_2010_Global_Education_Digest:_Datasets" alt="datasets">datasets</a>
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<h2 id="w_see-also">See Also</h2>
<ul><li>"Primary </li><li>"Secondary </li><li>"Education"Gloria </li><li>"Access </li><li>"Primary </li><li>"Net </li><li>"Net </li><li>"Under-Five </li></ul>
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