Editing Slovenia (section)

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in Slovenia}}
Slovenia's education ranks as the 12th best in the world and 4th best in the [[European Union]], being significantly higher than the [[OECD]] average, according to the [[Programme for International Student Assessment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/8/39700724.pdf |title=Table: Range of rank on the PISA 2006 science scale |date=4 December 2007 |access-date=15 April 2008|work=PISA 2006 |publisher=OECD}}</ref> Among people age 25 to 64, 12% have attended higher education, while on average Slovenes have 9.6 years of formal education. According to an OECD report, 83% of adults ages 25–64 have earned the equivalent of a high school degree, well above the OECD average of 74%; among 25- to 34-year-olds, the rate is 93%.<ref>{{cite web|author=OECD |url=http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/slovenia/ |title=Slovenia – OECD Better Life Index |publisher=Oecdbetterlifeindex.org |access-date=25 November 2012}}</ref> According to the 1991 census there is 99.6% [[literacy]] in Slovenia. [[Lifelong learning]] is also increasing.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Responsibility for education oversight at primary and secondary level in Slovenia lies with the Ministry of Education and Sports. After non-compulsory pre-school education, children enter the nine-year primary school at the age of six.<ref>[http://www.mss.gov.si/si/solstvo/osnovnosolsko_izobrazevanje/osnovna_sola/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221033345/http://www.mss.gov.si/si/solstvo/osnovnosolsko_izobrazevanje/osnovna_sola/|date=21 February 2012}}</ref> Primary school is divided into three periods, each of three years. In the academic year 2006–2007 there were 166,000 pupils enrolled in elementary education and more than 13,225 teachers, giving a ratio of one teacher per 12 pupils and 20 pupils per class.

After completing elementary school, nearly all children (more than 98%) go on to secondary education, either vocational, technical, or general secondary programmes ([[Gymnasium (school)|''gimnazija'']]). The last concludes with the [[Matura#Slovenia|''matura'']], a comprehensive exam that allows the graduates to enter a university. 84% of secondary school graduates go on to tertiary education.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.culture.si/en/Slovenia#Education |title=About Slovenia – Culture of Slovenia |publisher=Culture.si |access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref>

Among several universities in Slovenia, the best ranked is the [[University of Ljubljana]], ranking among the first 500 or the first 3% of the world's best universities according to the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU-Statistics-2012.html#2 |title=Statistics (by Country) of Academic Ranking of World Universities &#124; Shanghai Ranking |publisher=ARWU |access-date=2 June 2012 |archive-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817221125/http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU-Statistics-2012.html#2 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uni-lj.si/en/news.aspx?id=7606 |title=University of Ljubljana once again on Shanghai and Webometrics ranking lists |publisher=Uni-lj.si |access-date=4 April 2014 |archive-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328061623/http://www.uni-lj.si/en/news.aspx?id=7606 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two other public universities include the [[University of Maribor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-mb.si/podrocje.aspx?id=0&langID=1060 |title=Univerza v Mariboru |publisher=Uni-mb.si |access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref> in [[Styria (Slovenia)|Styria]] region and the [[University of Primorska]] in [[Slovene Littoral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upr.si/ |title=Univerza na Primorskem: SLO |publisher=Upr.si |access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref> In addition, there is a private [[University of Nova Gorica]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ung.si/si/ |title=Univerza v Novi Gorici |publisher=Ung.si |access-date=2 June 2012 |archive-date=20 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520194855/http://www.ung.si/si/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and an international [[EMUNI University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emuni.si/en/strani/29/EMUNI-University.html |title=EMUNI University |access-date=13 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222025646/http://www.emuni.si/en/strani/29/EMUNI-University.html |archive-date=22 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>