UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
United Nations Data on School Life Expectancy (years spent in formal education). Note: Many Asian nations were not included in this report.
| School Life Expectancy
(years of formal education) |
|||
| Nation/Region | Total | Male | Female |
| Hong Kong | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
| Japan | 14 | 14.2 | 13.8 |
| Korea, Republic of | 14.5 | 15.1 | 13.9 |
| Laos | 6.9 | 8.2 | 5.7 |
| Mongolia | 7.2 | 6.2 | 8.1 |
UN Explanation of the Data:
"The expected number of
years of schooling, or school life expectancy (SLE), is defined as the
total number of years of schooling which a child can expect to receive,
assuming that the probability of his or her being enrolled in school at
any particular future age is equal to the current enrolment ratio at that
age.
"Caution should be exercised
when utilizing this indicator in international comparisons. For example,
a year or grade completed in one country is not necessarily the same in
terms of educational content or quality as a year or grade completed in
another country. Moreover, it should be noted that SLE does not necessarily
coincide with the expected number of grades completed, because of the possibility
of repeating grades.
"Thus, school life expectancy
represents the expected number of years of schooling that will be completed,
including years spent repeating one or more grades. It is a synthetic summary
indicator of the overall pattern of enrolment ratios at one particular
point in time, and has no predictive value except in so far as it is believed
that enrolment patterns will remain unchanged into the future."
Sources:
Data culled from United Nations Statistics Division report:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/edcation.htm>.
This report is compiled from: United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, World Education Report 1998 (Oxford, UNESCO publishing,
forthcoming).
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