Sentence examples for schooling compared with 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.

The study found that, regardless of family size or income, the difference in educational achievement is equivalent on average to the first child gaining an extra year of schooling compared with the third child.

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.

A remarkable 57percentt of suicide bombers have some education beyond high school, compared with just 15percentt of the population of comparable age.

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.

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

Of the girls studied, 74percentt graduated from high school compared with 49percentt of the boys.