Editing Tunisia (section)

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in Tunisia}}

[[File:Collège Sadiki-Kassus.jpg|thumb|[[Sadiki College]] in [[Tunis]]]]
[[File:UIS Literacy Rate Tunisia population plus15 1985 2015.png|thumb|Literacy rate of Tunisia population, 15 years and older, 1985–2015. UNESCO Institute of Statistics]]
The total adult literacy rate in 2008 was 78%<ref name=unescolit>{{cite web|title=National adult literacy rates (15+), youth literacy rates (15–24) and elderly literacy rates (65+)|url=http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=210|publisher=UNESCO Institute for Statistics|access-date=18 January 2013|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183908/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=210}}</ref> and this rate goes up to 97.3% when considering only people from 15 to 24 years old.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/tunisia/literacy-rate|title=Tunisia - Literacy rate|website=www.indexmundi.com}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=June 2022}} Education is given a high priority and accounts for 6% of [[Gross national product|GNP]]. A basic education for children between the ages of 6 and 16 has been compulsory since 1991. Tunisia ranked 17th in the category of "quality of the [higher] educational system" and 21st in the category of "quality of primary education" in [[The Global Competitiveness Report]] 2008–09, released by the World Economic Forum.<ref name="Weforum.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619083349/http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%2BCompetitiveness%2BReport/index.htm |archive-date=19 June 2008 |title=The Global Competitiveness Report 2008–2009 |publisher=World Economic Forum |access-date=2 May 2010 }}</ref>

While children generally acquire [[Tunisian Arabic]] at home, when they enter school at age six, they are taught to read and write in [[Standard Arabic]]. From the age of 8, they are taught French while English is introduced at the age of 11.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tunisia K-12 Education System – Basic and Secondary Education|url=https://www.tunisiaeducation.info/k12/tunisia-k-12-education-system.html|access-date=2021-03-16|website=www.tunisiaeducation.info}}</ref>

The four years of secondary education are open to all holders of {{lang|fr|italic=no|Diplôme de Fin d'Études de l'Enseignement de Base}} where the students focus on entering university level or join the workforce after completion. The Enseignement secondaire is divided into two stages: general academic and specialized. The higher education system in Tunisia has experienced a rapid expansion and the number of students has more than tripled over the past 10 years from approximately 102,000 in 1995 to 365,000 in 2005. The gross enrollment rate at the tertiary level in 2007 was 31 percent, with gender parity index of GER of 1.5.<ref name="Weforum.org"/>