In the first two semesters, the students take basic skills classes for four hours per week, whereas in the final two semesters this weekly total is reduced to two hours.

UNESCO: Country Profile: Uruguay

One of the organisation's key concerns is that the government is not providing enough money to fully fund the 15 hours per week free nursery education that it guarantees all three- and four-year-olds in England.

BBC: Cutting nursery staff ratios 'may reduce care quality'

The average American television-watching household increased its comedy-watching to nearly five hours per week during the most recent TV season, up from fewer than four hours in the 1993-94 season, according to Magna's estimates.

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