Summary
More boys and girls are going to college now.
Girl students are joining school faster than the overall growth.
New playgrounds, libraries, and labs are in most schools.
Key Points
5 points1
Universities grew from 760 to 1,289.
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Colleges grew from about 38,500 to 48,200.
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Total students rose 31.5% to 45 million.
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Girl student numbers rose 42%.
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More teachers, especially women, are now teaching.
New Words to Learn
9 wordshigher education
learning after school, like college or university
university
a big school where people study many subjects
college
a school that offers courses after high school
enrolment
the number of students who join a school
national education policy
the government's plan for how schools should work
gender balance
when boys and girls have similar chances
playground
an outdoor area for games and sports
library
a place with many books to read
laboratory
a room where experiments are done
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