IEA: Percentage of eighth-grade students by their science teachers' educational level and jurisdiction: 2007

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Table C.2.09b.

IEA: Percentage of eighth-grade students by their science teachers' educational level and jurisdiction: 2007

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Jurisdiction	Completed postgraduate university degree				Completed university but not a postgraduate degree				Completed post-secondary education but not university				Completed upper-secondary school				Did not complete upper-secondary school
Jurisdiction	Percent		s.e.		Percent		s.e.		Percent		s.e.		Percent		s.e.		Percent		s.e.
International average	23		0.3		58		0.4		16		0.3		3		0.2		#		†

Algeria	1		#		17		2.6		62		3.2		17		2.5		3	!	1.0
Armenia	94		1.0		5		0.8		#		†		1	!	0.3		#		†
Australia	63		3.4		35		3.6		‡		†		#		†		#		†
Bahrain	8		1.0		91		1.1		#		†		#		†		#		†
Bosnia and Herzegovina	#		†		19		1.8		79		1.8		1	!	0.4		1	!	0.3

Botswana	‡		†		29		3.6		70		3.7		#		†		#		†
Bulgaria	70		2.9		15		1.9		14		2.5		#		†		#		†
Chinese Taipei	30		3.8		57		4.1		‡		†		10		2.3		#		†
Colombia	20		5.9		79		5.8		#		†		#		†		#		†
Cyprus	31		1.0	¹	69		1.0	¹	#		†	¹	#		†	¹	#		†	¹

Czech Republic	95		1.0		1	!	0.4		‡		†		3		0.8		#		†
Egypt	7	!	2.1		91		2.6		‡		†		‡		†		‡		†
El Salvador	1		#		32		4.1		60		4.0		7	!	2.2		#		†
England	39		2.8		56		2.9		4	!	1.3		#		†		#		†
Georgia	94		1.4		6		1.3		#		†		1		0.2		#		†

Ghana	#		†		10		2.1		76		3.2		13		2.7		‡		†
Hong Kong SAR²	28		3.6		64		4.0		8		2.3		#		†		#		†
Hungary	—		†		—		†		—		†		—		†		—		†
Indonesia	‡		†		76		2.8		19		2.6		4	!	1.3		#		†
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	‡		†		53		4.1		47		4.2		#		†		#		†

Israel	33		3.1		65		3.2		2	!	0.8		#		†		#		†
Italy	14		2.4		86		2.4		#		†		#		†		#		†
Japan	15		2.9		83		2.9		‡		†		#		†		#		†
Jordan	9		2.2		86		2.9		4	!	1.8		#		†		#		†
Korea, Rep. of	29		3.7		71		3.7		#		†		#		†		#		†

Kuwait	6	!	2.1	¹	94		2.1	¹	#		†	¹	#		†	¹	#		†	¹
Lebanon	7		1.9		79		3.6		#		†		14		3.2		#		†
Lithuania	40		2.8		47		2.7		12		1.7		1	!	0.4		#		†
Malaysia	‡		†		79		3.0		16		2.6		‡		†		1		0.0
Malta	15		0.2		76		0.3		4		0.2		5		0.1		#		†
						#
Norway	12		2.7		76		3.4		10		2.2		#		†		‡		†
Oman	2		0.4		97		0.8		1	!	0.4		1		#		#		†
Palestinian Nat'l Auth.	6	!	2.0		84		3.0		10		2.3		#		†		#		†
Qatar	12		0.1		86		0.1		1		#		#		†		#		†
Romania	12		1.2		71		1.6		16		1.7		‡		†		#		†

Russian Federation	90		1.1		9		1.1		1	!	0.4		1		0.5		#		†
Saudi Arabia	#		†		96		1.9		‡		†		1		#		#		†
Scotland	38		2.4	¹	62		2.4	¹	#		†	¹	#		†	¹	#		†	¹
Serbia	2	!	0.6		57		2.5		40		2.5		#		†		#		†
Singapore	6		1.0		87		1.6		7		1.4		#		†		#		†

Slovenia	2	!	0.8		44		2.9		52		2.8		‡		†		#		†
Sweden	56		2.4		39		2.4		5		1.2		‡		†		#		†
Syrian Arab Republic	‡		†		2	!	0.9		95		1.5		2	!	0.8		#		0.5
Thailand	11		2.5		86		2.8		4	!	1.5		#		†		#		†
Tunisia	13		2.9		70		3.8		17		3.0		#		†		1		0.0

Turkey	5	!	2.2		75		3.9		21		3.5		#		†		#		†
Ukraine	2	!	0.6		96		0.8		2		0.5		1	!	0.3		#		†
United States	60		*2.8*		40		*2.8*		#		†		#		†		#		†

Benchmarking jurisdictions
Basque Country, Spain	55		4.3		45		4.3		#		†		#		†		#		†
British Columbia, Canada	57		3.9		39		4.3		‡		†		#		†		2		0.1
Dubai, UAE	4	!	1.2	³	90		1.4	³	5		0.5	³	#		†	³	‡		†	³
Massachusetts, US	66		7.9		34		7.9		#		†		#		†		#		†
Minnesota, US	63		6.9		37		6.9		#		†		#		†		#		†

Ontario, Canada	80		3.6		19		3.5		‡		†		#		†		#		†
Quebec, Canada	15		2.9		81		3.4		‡		†		‡		†		#		†
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of students.
²Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
³Data are available for at least 50 but less than 70 percent of students.
NOTE: Background data provided by teachers who provided science lessons to students. The international average is the average of the jurisdiction averages but does not include the benchmarking jurisdictions. Benchmarking jurisdictions are subnational entities that followed the same international guidelines as countries to participate in TIMSS. Educational level is based on jurisdictions' categorizations to UNESCO's International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-1997). Postgraduate university degree includes doctorate, master's or other postgraduate degree or diploma. Morocco participated in 2007 but did not satisfy guidelines for sample participation rates and is therefore not shown. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant. Standard error is noted by s.e. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007 International Science Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 6.2. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College (14MB).