Editing Benin (section)

===Education===
[[File:BEN 2001-007-S20.jpg|thumb|Students]]
{{main|Education in Benin}}
The [[literacy]] rate in 2015 was estimated to be 38.4% (49.9% for males and 27.3% for females).<ref name="CIA" /> Benin has achieved universal primary education and half of the children (54%) were enrolled in secondary education in 2013, according to the [[UNESCO Institute for Statistics]].

While at a time the education system was not free,<ref name="ilab">{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/861.htm |title=Benin |date=23 February 2001 |publisher=U. S. Department of State |work=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices |access-date=17 September 2010 |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605135649/https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/861.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> Benin has abolished school fees and is carrying out the recommendations of its 2007 Educational Forum.<ref name="UnescoBenin">{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/africa/benin/ |title=Benin |publisher=U. N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |access-date=17 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913193731/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/africa/benin/ |archive-date=13 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> The government has devoted more than 4% of GDP to education since 2009. In 2015, public expenditure on education (all levels) amounted to 4.4% of GDP, according to the [[UNESCO Institute for Statistics]]. Within this expenditure, Benin devoted a share to tertiary education: 0.97% of GDP.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002354/235406e.pdf |title=West Africa. In: UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 |last1=Essegbey |first1=George |last2=Diaby |first2=Nouhou |last3=Konté |first3=Almamy |publisher=UNESCO |year=2015 |isbn=978-92-3-100129-1 |location=Paris |pages=471–497 |access-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630025557/http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002354/235406e.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Between 2009 and 2011, the share of people enrolled at university rose from 10% to 12% of the 18''–''25-year age cohort. Student enrollment in tertiary education more than doubled between 2006 and 2011 from 50,225 to 110,181. These statistics encompass not only bachelor's, master's, and PhD programmes but also students enrolled in nondegree post-secondary diplomas.<ref name=":0" />