Nor has there been enough money to cope with the more than threefold increase in the number of tertiary students since 1999, to some 15m today.

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Should a country that cannot provide every child with a primary education cover almost 80% of the costs for tertiary students, who tend to come from wealthier backgrounds?

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According to the OECD, the UK is second only to the US as a destination for tertiary students studying abroad (as of 2008, 10% of all students studying in foreign countries were enrolled in UK institutions of higher learning).

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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, the right kind of education should be provided, which is why the Science Education Unit provides primary, secondary and tertiary pedagogical materials to schools while meeting with policy-makers, students and teachers alike.

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