Portugal

=__Portugal__= In Portugal, students attend school from September through June. Students must attend school for 180 days. Preschool education is optional, and most students who enroll do so at age three. Basic compulsory education is divided into three categories: 1st cycle (duration is four years for students ages 6-10). 2nd cycle (duration is two years for students ages 10-12), and 3rd cycle (duration is three years for students ages 12-15). The first cycle of education is provided by primary schools, whereas the second and third cycles involve a combination of primary and secondary schools. Students passing the assessments at the end of the third cycle of education receive a certificate (diploma). From this point, children can decide whether to continue their secondary education. If students successfully complete the next phase of secondary education they can decide to follow the path of higher education.

__Primary Education__:
__Enrollment__ (2007): __Percentage of Repeaters__ (2004): __Demand__: __Duration__: __Entrance Age__:
 * Net rate (female only): 98.43
 * Net rate (male and female): 98.87
 * Net rate (male only): 99.28
 * Female: 7.0
 * Male and Female: 10.2
 * Male: 13.1
 * Female only: 322,352
 * Male and Female: 662,373
 * Male only: 340,021
 * Teacher/Student ratio (2007): 11.73
 * 6 years
 * 6 years

__Secondary Education__:
__Enrollment__ (2007): __Vocational Enrollment__ (2007): __Demand__: __Entrance Age__:
 * Net rate (female only): 91.89
 * Net rate (male and female): 87.94
 * Net rate (male only): 84.16
 * Male and female: 124,721
 * Female only: 324,679
 * Male and Female: 664,330
 * Male only 339,651
 * Teacher/Student ratio (2007): 7.32
 * 12 years

__Tertiary Education__:
__Participation__: __Total Graduates__ (2006):
 * Female only: 298,181
 * Male and female: 609,163
 * Male only: 310,982
 * Female only: 46,988
 * Total: 71,828

__Human and Financial Resources__:
__Primary Teachers__ (2007): __Secondary Teachers__ (2007): __Vocational Teaching Staff__ (2003): __Expenditure__ (2006) __Literacy (2007)__: Total youth literacy rate: 99.7%
 * Female only: 52,561
 * Male and Female: 64,274
 * Female only: 63,840
 * Male and Female: 92,965
 * Female only: 8,851
 * Male and female: 13,117
 * Percent of government expenditure: 11.3
 * Percent of GDP: 5.3
 * Public expenditure: 97.2
 * Public expenditure as percent of GNI: 5.5
 * Per pupil GDP expenditure: 28.0
 * Teachers and materials (primary and secondary): 93.4
 * Percentage of literate adult females: 93.3%
 * Percentage of literate adult males: 96.6%
 * Total adult literacy rate: 94.9%
 * Female youth literacy rate: 99.7%
 * Male youth literacy rate: 99.6%