The phrase "a third of education" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the proportion of education that is attributed to a specific factor or component.
Example: "A third of education is influenced by the quality of teaching and resources available to students."
Alternatives: "one-third of education" or "33% of education".
A 25% cut is the equivalent of four in 10 colleges closing – more than half of all sixth-form colleges and a third of further education colleges.
Admittedly it has a third of the education system under its control - but that's mainly in order to evangelise among children who cannot be coerced into its churches.
The government is still operating on the idea that the "faith communities" are extremely important and have to be pandered to, consulted and given the kinds of privileges that cause disadvantage to other people (opt-outs from equality legislation, automatic seats in parliament, huge tax advantages, a third of the education system etc).
Medical students claim that up to a third of their education is derived from residents and feel that each Department should provide minimum guidelines for residents' teaching responsibilities [ 3].
Mr Hill's report also called for up to a third of the 22 education services to be cut.
Even so, only a fifth of higher education institutions actually offer full degrees that can be completed entirely through distance education.
Describing a third of the council's education provision as "unsatisfactory", Ofsted highlighted the support for headteachers, financial management and support for children's education as still below par.
The World Bank's authors think only a third of remittances go on education, savings and business investment.
Six in every ten children aged 6 to 13 are out of school and only a third of girls receive an education.
Relative to countries with similar income levels, the Lebanese labor force is well educated, with over a third of individuals having completed tertiary education (Robalino et al. 2012).
