"One in six Serbians without elementary school"

Of Serbia's 7.5 million citizens, more than 1.2 million did not complete elementary education, Biznis i Finansije magazine claims.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 13.05.2008.

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Of Serbia's 7.5 million citizens, more than 1.2 million did not complete elementary education, Biznis i Finansije magazine claims. At the same time, the weekly quotes data released by the Statistical Office, which shows that 3.5 percent of the population is completely illiterate. "One in six Serbians without elementary school" The statistic applies to central and northern Serbia, without Kosovo. At the same time, the article says, 126,127 citizens completed one to three years of elementary school, whereas 898,847 only completed four to seven years. The results of reading tests in Serbia demonstrate that 40 percent of the persons who declared themselves literate in fact were not, while that percentage was even higher for writing tests. The percentage of illiteracy in the whole of Serbia is 1.5 percent, whereas the figure for the whole of Europe is 1.5, while Slovenia, for example, has 0.6 of its population officially declared illiterate. At the same time, Serbia is the only country in Europe where the number persons with high education has dropped in the last fifteen years – today standing at 7 percent. Although secondary education is free, not everyone uses this opportunity, and every year high schools report capacity to take on 10,000 additional students. Serbia spends around 3.8 percent of the GDP on education of some half a million elementary, secondary and university students each year, and falls into the category of countries with the lowest education budget in Europe.

"One in six Serbians without elementary school"

The statistic applies to central and northern Serbia, without Kosovo.

At the same time, the article says, 126,127 citizens completed one to three years of elementary school, whereas 898,847 only completed four to seven years.

The results of reading tests in Serbia demonstrate that 40 percent of the persons who declared themselves literate in fact were not, while that percentage was even higher for writing tests.

The percentage of illiteracy in the whole of Serbia is 1.5 percent, whereas the figure for the whole of Europe is 1.5, while Slovenia, for example, has 0.6 of its population officially declared illiterate.

At the same time, Serbia is the only country in Europe where the number persons with high education has dropped in the last fifteen years – today standing at 7 percent.

Although secondary education is free, not everyone uses this opportunity, and every year high schools report capacity to take on 10,000 additional students.

Serbia spends around 3.8 percent of the GDP on education of some half a million elementary, secondary and university students each year, and falls into the category of countries with the lowest education budget in Europe.

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