Editing Demographics of Nauru (section)

== Education ==
{{Main|Education in Nauru}}
[[File:Nauru Secondary School after receiving its $11 million Australian-funded refurbishment, April 2010. Photo- DFAT (12046385216).jpg|thumb|left|A Nauruan secondary school, 2010]]

[[Literacy rate]] in Nauru, defined as "people who are currently enrolled in school and/or have reached at least grade 5 of primary education",<ref>{{Harvnb|Nauru Bureau of Statistics|2011|p=74}}</ref> is 96.5%, as of 2011.<ref name="2011cen" /> There are 3,190 students and 104 teachers, as of 2013.<ref name="edu">{{cite web | url=http://www.spc.int/prism/nauru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&Itemid=258#pre-school | title=Education Statistics | publisher=[[Nauru Bureau of Statistics]] | access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> The 2011 census stated 4 percent of the population aged 15 years or older have a primary education, 91 percent have a secondary education, and 5 percent have a tertiary education.<ref name="2011cen" /> Education is based on the British system, which requires attendance from 5 to 16 years old. Students spend three years at preschool, six years of primary education, and four years of secondary school. Tertiary school is not required.<ref name="icde">{{cite web|url=http://www.icde.org/projects/regulatory_frameworks_for_distance_education/country_profiles/nauru/education_system/ |title=Education System |publisher=[[International Council for Open and Distance Education]] |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208035100/http://www.icde.org/projects/regulatory_frameworks_for_distance_education/country_profiles/nauru/education_system/ |archive-date=8 December 2013}}</ref> An estimated 10.7 percent of the GDP was spent on education in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.unesco.org/education/wef/countryreports/nauru/rapport_1.html | title=Nauru Report | publisher=[[UNESCO]] | access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> As of 2013, there are five preschools, four primary schools, three secondary schools, and one tertiary school.<ref name="edu" /> The lone college, [[University of South Pacific]], opened in the 1970s via distance courses, and in 1987 a campus was built on the island. It offers accounting, management, primary education, and English studies as majors.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=usp_nauru_home | title=USP Nauru Campus | publisher=[[University of South Pacific]] | access-date=14 July 2014 | archive-date=20 June 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620073413/http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=usp_nauru_home | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The education system had a near-collapse in 2000–2005. During this time, exams were not held, teachers were not paid, and schools did not have enough funding to continue.<ref name="icde" /> As a result, over half of the schools closed.<ref name="edu" /> In 2009, the [[Australian Government]] partnered with the Nauruan Department of Education to help. This agreement resulted in a 5.7% increase in students, teachers with a degree increased from 30% to 93%, and over A$11 million was used to construct a new secondary school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/pacific/nauru/Pages/initiative-education-support.aspx |title=Nauru: Education Support |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |access-date=18 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223040056/http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/pacific/nauru/Pages/initiative-education-support.aspx |archive-date=23 February 2014}}</ref>