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| Percent of teachers indicating item is the most important goal
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| Public school teachers | Private school teachers
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| |Elementary|Secondary|Combined| |Elementary|Secondary|Combined
| Total | schools | schools |schools | Total | schools | schools | schools
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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Building basic literacy skills ..| 49.9 | 52.4 | 45.7 | 49.1 | 32.4 | 34.6 | 26.6 | 32.6
Encouraging academic excellence .| 11.1 | 8.8 | 15.5 | 8.9 | 13.0 | 8.9 | 20.4 | 14.3
Promoting occupational or | | | | | | | |
vocational skills .............| 1.9 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2
Promoting good work habits and | | | | | | | |
self-discipline ...............| 13.2 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 8.7
Promoting personal growth .......| 20.4 | 23.3 | 15.2 | 20.4 | 19.7 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 18.5
Promoting human relations .......| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.8
Promoting specific moral values .| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 2.3
Promoting multicultural awareness| | | | | | | |
or understanding ..............| 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | --- | --- | --- | ---
Fostering religious or spiritual | | | | | | | |
development ...................| --- | --- | --- | --- | 21.2 | 22.8 | 16.1 | 21.7
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