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Ability to read and write a basic sentence or a so-called the literacy rate is
one indicator, which reflects the situation of education, from the result of
Population and Housing Census in 1960 to 2010 rounds showed that the literacy
rate has been increasing from 70.8% in 1960 to 96.8% in 2010.
Chart 3.2 Literacy Rate: 1960-2010
Source: Population and Housing Census: 1960-2010, National Statistical Office.
In 2013 1/, there were 12.9 million people attending the school, of these,
16.3 million people or 79.5%, attending which the formal education decreased
about 0.1% from 2012 (79.6%).
In considering the proportion of people attending school per population
with the same age so as, to illustrate the number of people in the education
system, it showed that during the past 3 years (Academic year 2011-2013), the
proportion in primary and higher levels have been increasing from 97.6% to
98.8% and 47.7% to 48.4% respectively.
1/ As of date 18 October 2013.
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Year