Sentence examples for schooling compared from inspiring English sources

Working-age Brazilians have an average of 4.1 years of schooling, compared with six in China.

Today the average Latin American adult has only five years of schooling, compared with nine years for his East-Asian counterpart.

The average Brazilian worker has six years of schooling, compared with 10 years in South Korea, 11 in Japan and 12 in the United States and Europe, according to the National Confederation of Industry study.

In 1996, only a third of the 25-34 agroupoup had completed 12 years of schooling, compared with an average of 75% for the rest of the OECD; Ireland and Greece both managed 66% and Spain 50%.

Only 35% of French workers have a level of education below the standard expected at the end of compulsory schooling, compared with 50% in America and 55% in Britain, according to a recent report by McKinsey, a consultancy.

Among pupils aged 11 to 16 from disadvantaged backgrounds, the proportion is far lower, with 17% of students who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) having received private tuition at some point in their schooling, compared with 26% of non-FSM pupils.

This increase was greater among pupils from comprehensive schools compared with those from independent schools.

Excluding overseas pupils, 490,000 British residents are currently attending independent schools, compared with 491,000 in 2008.

Recycling, however, is old school compared to what is catching on in other areas.

The switches felt solid, if a little old-school compared to some others.

In 2005, 88percentt of young adults had finished high school compared with 84percentt in 1980.