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Turkmenistan
Index
According to Soviet government statistics, literacy in Turkmenistan was
nearly universal in 1991. Experts considered the overall level of
education to be comparable to the average for the Soviet republics.
According to the 1989 census, 65.1 percent of the population aged fifteen
and older had completed secondary school, compared with 45.6 percent in
1979. In the same period, the percentage of citizens who had completed a
higher education rose from 6.4 percent to 8.3 percent.
Education is free of charge, although introduction of fees is being
considered by selected institutions. Formal schooling begins with
kindergarten (bagcha ) and primary school (mekdep ).
School attendance is compulsory through the eighth grade. At this point,
students are tested and directed into technical, continuing, and
discontinuing tracks. Some students graduate to the workforce after
completing the tenth grade, while others leave in the ninth grade to enter
a trade or technical school.
Data as of March 1996
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