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==Education== [[File:Dili International School celebrating culture.jpg|thumb|Students at the [[Dili International School]]]] Education is more common in Dili Municipality than elsewhere in the country. The attendance rate at primary schools increased from 37% in 2004 to 73% in 2010.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|2–6}} As of 2010, 86% of those five or older in the municipality had attended primary school, equivalent to the literacy rate.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-2}} Within the metropolitan area, education rates are highest in Nain Feto and Vera Cruz, where 88% are either attending or have attended primary school. These are followed by Dom Alexio at 87%, and Cristo Rei at 81%. Tibar, lying outside of Dili Municipality, has the lowest at 75%.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|2–7}} As of 2013, there were 108 schools in Dili, Hera, and Tibar, including primary, secondary, and specialist schools. Of these, 61 were public and 47 private. This equated to 4.8 schools per 10,000 people.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|3–15}} In 2011, 43% of students in the Dili municipality studied in private schools.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|21}} Many private schools are run by the Catholic Church, for example, [[Don Bosco Training Center]], including 32% of all schools in the Dili Municipality.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|3–14}} <!--Schools include [[St. Joseph's High School, Timor-Leste|St. Joseph's High School]] (Colégio de São José) and [[28 de Novembro Public Secondary School]]. There are five international schools in Dili: St Anthony's International School, which is Timorese owned and managed but teaches in English and uses a modified Australian curriculum; a Portuguese school by the name of [[Escola Portuguesa Ruy Cinatti]]; an Australian managed school by the name of [[Dili International School]]; an American curriculum school called [[QSI International School of Dili]]; and the Maharlika International School (Formerly Dili Education & Development Center), a Philippine International School. Founded in 2009, [[Hadahur Music School]] is the first school for music in Timor-Leste.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}--> Seventy-six per cent of the country's university students study in the municipality. This is responsible for some of the internal migration to the city.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-2}} The [[National University of Timor-Leste]] created a "University City" master plan to develop the Hera area.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|3–16}} <!--Other universities situated in Dili include the private undergraduate university, [[Universidade da Paz]] (UNPAZ), [[Universidade Dili]] (UNDIL) and Dili Institute of Technology (DIT), a community-based, non-profit education institution.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}-->
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