Albania
History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary EducationNONFORMAL EDUCATION, SUMMARY
| BASIC DATA | |
| Official Country Name: | Republic of Albania |
| Region: | Europe |
| Population: | 3,490,435 |
| Language(s): | Albanian, Greek |
| Literacy Rate: | 93% |
| Academic Year: | September-June |
| Number of Primary Schools: | 1,782 |
| Compulsory Schooling: | 8 years |
| Public Expenditure on Education: | 3.1% |
| Educational Enrollment: | Primary: 558,101 |
| Secondary: 89,895 | |
| Higher: 34,257 | |
| Educational Enrollment Rate: | Primary: 107% |
| Secondary: 38% | |
| Higher: 12% | |
| Teachers: | Primary: 31,369 |
| Secondary: 6,321 | |
| Higher: 2,348 | |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | Primary: 18:1 |
| Secondary: 17:1 | |
| Female Enrollment Rate: | Primary: 108% |
| Secondary: 38% | |
| Higher: 14% | |
Albania's nonformal education offerings are limited. Part-time education is available through correspondence courses. Employment-related continuing education courses are offered to diploma-holders with two years of related work experience. Students completing these courses are given a certificate. Albania's lack of resources has restricted the availability of distance learning and alternative delivery systems.
Like many emerging democracies, Albania views education as central to building a new society that can compete in the twenty-first century. Its movement from a totalitarian regime to a democratic society has been hampered by economic and political instability.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Albania, February 2001. Available from http://countrywatch.altavista.com/.
Albania: Land of the Eagles. Education, February 2001. Available from http://www.albania.co.uk/.
Euro Education Net. Structure of Education System in Albania, February 2000. Available from http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/albanco.htm/.
International Monetary Fund. Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Albania, 2000. Available from http://www.imf.org/.
Kaltounis, Theodore. "Democratic Citizenship: Education in Albania." The Social Studies 90, 6 (November 1999): 245.
Leach, Jenny, and Bob Moon, "Albania's Open Question." Times Educational Supplement 4212 (21 March 1997): B3.
—Mark Connelly
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