The UIS report presents new data to examine some of the key policy trade-offs For example, where should governments invest more -- in primary, secondary or tertiary level?

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Not surprisingly, the same story is repeated at tertiary level.

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Yet at the tertiary level, the figure falls to 22%.

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It presents figures for 19 countries gathered over the 1998 (or 1998 - 1999) school year from national and other sources including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and covers access and participation of pupils and students from early childhood to tertiary level in both public and private education, teaching staff and education expenditure.

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Moreover, a greater emphasis on tertiary education in the long run energizes the overall educational system, even prior to the college level.

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Dr McNeil said one way of achieving his aim would be to implement a single system of healthcare throughout the primary, community, secondary and tertiary hospital sectors, so that in the next 10 to 20 years each area can experience the same level of quality.

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