Editing Sardinia (section)

== Education ==

[[File:Università Sassari.png|thumb|Main building of the [[University of Sassari]] (which started the university courses in 1562)]]
According to the [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]] census of 2001, the literacy rate in Sardinia among people below 65 years old is 99.5 percent. Total literacy rate (including people over 65) is 98.2 percent.<ref name="edscuola.it">{{Cite web|url=http://www.edscuola.it/archivio/statistiche/analfabetismo_01.pdf|title=Analfabetismo Italia – Censimento 2001}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sardegnastatistiche.it/|title=Sardegna Statistiche - Home page|website=www.sardegnastatistiche.it}}</ref>
The illiteracy rate among males below 65 years old is 0.24 percent and among women 0.25 percent;<ref name="edscuola.it"/> the number of women that annually graduate at secondary high schools and universities is about 10–20 percent higher than men.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sardegnastatistiche.it/index.php?xsl=672&s=12&v=9&c=5042&subnodo=337&refp=1&id=154&ss=1&modalita=tutte&tt=4|title=Sardegna Statistiche - Statistiche  - Consulta le statistiche  - Argomenti}}</ref> Sardinia has the 2nd highest rate of school drop-out in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/cooperazione/2017/04/03/news/bambini_ecco_quanto_contano_le_poverta_educative_sull_infanzia_in_italia-162095270//|title=Bambini, ecco quanto pesa la povertà educativa sull'infanzia in Italia|work=repubblica.it}}</ref>

Sardinia has two public universities: the [[University of Sassari]] and the [[University of Cagliari]], founded in the 16th and 17th century. 48,979 students were enrolled at universities in 2007–2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sardegnastatistiche.it/index.php?xsl=672&s=12&v=9&c=5042&subnodo=337&refp=1&id=152&tt=4&anno=45|title=Sardegna Statistiche - Statistiche  - Consulta le statistiche  - Argomenti|website=www.sardegnastatistiche.it}}</ref>