The organization has more than 2, 000 volunteers, some of whom have been recognized for their work in population education.
And being an economist, I didn't have much to work with in terms of sports, but I started to think, OK, well, these are country-level events and countries do well at things because they're rich or because they've got population or education.
Unlike the previous study that was more heavily weighted with minority participants and a wider range of education level, the ACS study population was more white and more likely to have a higher education level than the general population.
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The UNFPA population dashboards allow an analysis of the impact of population increases on education, healthcare, nutrition and a number of other issues.
For Jamme, the critical issue is to make sure that the continent's young population gets good education so that they can find jobs and create opportunities that will make the most out of this technology boom.
If so, his party's fortunes can only improve as the urban population grows, education improves, and young voters swell the rolls (another 1.2m, or almost a fifth of the current total, should reach voting age before the next election).
Before us are four headwinds too tough to overcome: debt, economic inequality, an aging population and a flawed education system.
In recent years, the government of Uganda has made concerted attempts to reduce the levels of illiteracy among its population through Universal Primary Education (UPE) for children and Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) for adults and out-of-school youth.
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Many members of the Roma community are poorly educated - UN figures quoted by the Open Society Institute indicate that in 2005, 94% of the general Romanian population was in primary education (7 - 15), compared to 76% Roma, 69% in secondary education (16 -19) 17% Roma and 5% in tertiary education (1% Roma).
The rest of the students still had ongoing needs. 39% of the students were still getting interventions, 4% were pending additional assessment, 25% were staffed into special education, and 25% of this student population had previously been referred to special education. 3.
In Madagascar, only 9% of the school population goes on to university education.
The discussion however was focused around global challenges including, education, aging population, conflict resolution, population growth, employment and health.
North Dakota, which historically has suffered significant loss of young talent, has set a goal to rank No. 1 in the average education of its population.
It's clear Lagos needs to quickly develop its overburdened infrastructure to accommodate the needs of a rapidly increasing population and provide jobs, education and proper infrastructure or risk significant social upheaval.
Mr. RAFEAL RICARDO JIMENEZ DAN (Deputy Interior Minister, Venezuela): (Through translator) The fact is that confronted with a hugely deteriorated society, with profound inequalities and growing poverty, the first efforts of the government were directed towards resolving the problems with nutrition, health, and education of the population.
Bangalore started out with an advantage neither KL nor Hong Kong enjoy: a high standard of education among the local population.
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The county has a far lower proportion of its population in any form of higher education than the rest of Britain.
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Since then, authorities have stepped up efforts to track the disease and contain the mosquito population, and have improved public education, Dr. Ng said.
Technology has enabled us to provide quality healthcare education to a student population that otherwise would not have had convenient and ready access to this type of instruction.
Analysts speculate that while population levels swell, comparable growth in education levels may take some time.
Among the working population, few potential employees had the education and skills necessary to support a viable business enterprise.
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In many conflict-affected countries, over 60% of the population is aged under 25, but education systems are not providing youth with the skills they need to escape poverty, unemployment and the economic despair that often contributes to violent conflict.
It is also a contribution towards implementing public policies in Education and Health for the young population within the territories of shared responsibility.
There is a serious breakdown occurring between the wishful mandate of universal higher education and the preparedness of the population being told to pursue it.
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They will cater to the population who may not have had access to higher education thirty years ago.
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Eighty percent of the population is unbanked and enrollment in secondary and higher education lags well behind the rest of the world.
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The regional repetition rate fell slightly, from 11% to 9% between 2000 and 2010, even though school systems have been straining to provide education to a growing school-age population.
The second award of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy goes to the Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council, Municipality of Agoo, La Union, Philippines, for its Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Programme, which makes available a vast array of education and training opportunities to the entire population, including the neediest.
Experts estimate that as much as 2% of the population meets the criteria, a group that spans all education and income levels.
It is estimated at 32% of the population aged 10 and over according to the Moroccan Ministry of Education.
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