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The
adult population has a literacy rate of about 35%.
Public education is compulsory, as well as free, for the
first 6 years and an increase has been seen in attendance,
with most eligible children attending by the mid-90s.
Secondary
education had a little over one fourth of the eligible
children enrolled, and it drops even more on the
university level with barely 1 percent of the
university-age population enrolled in an institution of
higher learning.
Some
of the problems in education occurred during the Khmer
Rouge's rule, since teachers were executed and schools
were closed. Intellectuals, such as teachers, were
oppressed due to the fear that they would be in opposition
to a socialist society.
During
the 80s, teachers either found better paying jobs or fled
the country and Cambodia has not recovered since. A
major problem in the educational system is the lack of
funds and a lack of trained personnel.
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Ethnic
groups:
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Khmer
90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%
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Religions:
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Buddhist
96.4%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2%
(1998 census)
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Languages:
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Khmer
(official) 95%, French, English
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Literacy:
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definition:
age
15 and over can read and write
total
population: 73.6%
male: 84.7%
female:
64.1%
(2004 est.)
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School
life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total:
10
years
male: 10
years
female:
9
years (2006)
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Education
expenditures:
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1.7%
of GDP (2004)
country
comparison to the world: 172
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