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| Muslims tend to have fewest years of formal schooling, says Pew Research |
| 2016-12-16 |
| [DAWN] Pak Moslems, who form one of the largest adult Moslem populations globally, have 3.8 years of schooling on average, a recent Pew Research Center study found. Released on Tuesday, the study stated Moslems tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling. Jews, on the other hand, it said, are more highly educated than any other major religious group around the world. The report's findings were based on data collected from 151 countries, which according to Pew, represented 95 per cent of the 3.6 billion people in the world who were over the age of 25 in 2010. It focused on adherents of five major world religions such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism as well as those who identified as being religiously unaffiliated. Researchers did not measure the quality of education the adherents had received. Instead, they focused on the number of years the adherents had spent while enrolled. Theism, gender gap and education The Moslem gender gap in educational attainment worldwide has narrowed, the report found. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... it also stated that Moslem women around the world lagged behind Moslem men in average years of schooling by a year and a half (4.9 years vs 6.4 years). It further stated that Moslem gender gaps were larger than the gaps for non-Moslems. Globally, non-Moslem men on average had 8.7 years of schooling compared with 7.7 years for women. Researchers did not find any educational gender gap among Jews. Education and religion Conrad Hackett, the lead researcher, told The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... that the study found there was a connection between education levels and the number of people who described themselves as having no religious faith. "The higher the level of education in a country, the larger the share of people with no religion tends to be," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Extra Credit: Raping Infidels (uncovered meat) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-12-16 16:27 |
| #7 1st Period: Koran (memorization) 2nd Period: Rocking and Praying 3rd Period: Koran (memorization) 4th Period: Floor Headbanging 5th Period: Koran (memorization) 6th Period: Physics and Chemistry (Practical Applications) |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-12-16 15:57 |
| #6 Well, when you keep blowing up your schools and stick to only "holy" texts and days of rage... this is what you get. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-12-16 09:22 |
| #5 Interesting how NPR spins (what appears to be) the same research - Hindus and Muslims in the United States are a pretty elite segment of the global Hindu and Muslim population. And - The disparity in schooling levels between Hindus and Muslims worldwide and those in the United States may be diminishing, however. The Pew study found education for Hindus and Muslims is improving around the world, with especially notable gains for Hindu and Muslim women. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-12-16 08:00 |
| #4 It is a cheapened version of man. A sad, shallow, scared, and defeated man suppressed by a tyranny of mere parchment. It is the rudest thing I have seen to the Human Spirit for the longest time. Islam |
| Posted by: newc 2016-12-16 04:45 |
| #3 And I'll bet a lot of it is religious. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-12-16 04:17 |
| #2 Really, what is the use? If you worship the god of death, you have no need for Life. But if you Worship the GOD of LIFE, you could stick around long enough for US to show you what is fun about LIFE. Choose LIFE. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-12-16 03:17 |
| #1 How much schooling do you need to set off a suicide vest? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-16 02:37 |