Hi Winifred3,
As I live in Chile I found your question very interesting.
Here are the results of my search.
The total number of children that attend school in Chile is 3.958.995
(2.035.766 boys and 1.923.229 girls). These figures include Pre-basic,
Special Basic, Regular Basic, Media Secondary and Superior.
Source:
Statistical Compendium 2001
Education, Culture and Mass media Statistics
Section 1.5.1-01
http://www.ine.cl/chile_cifras/pdf/compen/145-178.pdf
The 3.958.995 students are broken down into the following levels of
education.
Pre-Basic 274.587
Special Basic 46.049
Regular Basic 2.327.692
Media Secondary 885.995
Superior 424.672
(Special Basic is for children with learning disabilities, Superior
includes University, Professional Institutes and Technical Formation
Centers)
Source:
Statistical Compendium 2001
Education, Culture and Mass media Statistics
Section 1.5.1-02
http://www.ine.cl/chile_cifras/pdf/compen/145-178.pdf
The 885.995 children that attend Media Secondary are broken down
into:
515.979 Humanistic/Scientist and 370.016 Technical/Professional
Source:
Statistical Compendium 2001
Education, Culture and Mass media Statistics
Section 1.5.1-08 and Section 1.5.1-09
http://www.ine.cl/chile_cifras/pdf/compen/145-178.pdf
The source of the above information is the Statistical Compendium
2001.
http://www.ine.cl/chile_cifras/f_chile_cifras.htm.
The specific document can be seen at this URL.
http://www.ine.cl/chile_cifras/pdf/compen/145-178.pdf
The National Institute of Statistics of Chile (Spanish)
http://www.ine.cl/
Additional information:
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print or read the information.
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I translated some Spanish phrases used in this publication.
Compendio Estadístico 2001 = Statistical Compendium 2001
Estadísticas de Educación, Cultura y Medios de Comunicación =
Education, Culture and Mass Media Statistics
Index of other statistics available from the National Institute of
Statistics of Chile. http://www.ine.cl/chile_cifras/f_chile_cifras.htm
Search criteria:
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile
The translation is: (The National Institute of Statistics of Chile.)
I hope this answers your question and if you have any difficulty
understanding any of the Spanish words on the charts, feel free to
ask.
Best regards,
Bobbie |