Adult
literacy: 37.1% (Female 29.2%; Male 47.6%) 1
During
1995-1997, the Government of Cambodia spent 2.9%
of GNP on education. By comparison, the figure for
other ASEAN countries was as follows: Burma
(1.2%); Indonesia (1.4%); Laos (2.1%); Vietnam (3.0%);
Thailand (4.8%); and Malaysia (4.9%)
Cambodia’s
net primary school enrolment/attendance for 1992-2001
is estimated at 65%.3
On
average, there are 45.8 students per teacher and
66.4 students per classroom (1.5 classes per classroom).4
The
national primary school repeat rate is 9.6%. In
remote areas, it rises to as much as 17.2%.4
Nationally,
the transition rate to lower secondary is 87.6%;
the transition rate to upper secondary is 60.1%.4 |
