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As Asian nations compete in the global economy and aspire to join the developed nations, there is concern that rates of education may not be keeping pace. [3] [4] By comparison, Gross Enrollment Rates for North America and Western Europe in 2013 were 84.3% for pre-primary, 101.1% for primary, 105.1% for secondary, and 76.6% for tertiary education.
Secondary education covers two phases on the ISCED scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education is considered the second and final phase of basic education, and level 3 or upper secondary education is the stage before tertiary education. Every country aims to provide basic education, but the systems and terminology remain unique to them.
3 Among 25-64 year-olds, including associate, bachelor and graduate degrees. Education in China is primarily managed by the state-run public education system, which falls under the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for a minimum of nine years, known as nine-year compulsory education, which is funded by the government.
The history of contemporary adult education in Japan stretches back to 1949 when the Act for Adult Education was enacted (Fuwa, 2001), aiming to contribute to the building of a democratic Japanese society and extending the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education (Gordon, 1998). The idea of lifelong education was not introduced in Japan
Education in the Philippines. 1 Figures include post-baccalaureate data. Education in the Philippines is compulsory at the basic education level, composed of kindergarten, elementary school (grades 1–6), junior high school (grades 7–10), and senior high school (grades 11–12). [ 5]
International Educational Attainment. Across OECD countries, the average percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds with any postsecondary degree increased from 32 percent as of 2012 to 41 percent as of 2022. In the United States, during the same period, the percentage increased from 43 to 50 percent.
In recent years, many OECD countries (although not the United States) have begun to offer universal legal entitlements to early childhood education programs to all children for at least 1 or 2 years before the start of compulsory schooling. 7 As a result, on average, 82 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds were enrolled at any education level across OECD countries in 2020. 8, 9 In comparison, 54 ...
Establish and maintain a system of free public education in the elementary and high school levels. Without limiting the natural right of parents to rear their children, elementary education is compulsory for all children of school age. With only 10 years of pre-university education, the shortest in East Asia (as compared to the longest, 13, of