Israel

Education in Israel is highly valued in the national culture with its historical values dating back to Ancient Israel and was viewed as one fundamental blocks of ancient Israelite life. Israeli culture views higher education as the key to higher mobility and socioeconomic status in Israeli society. The emphasis of education within Israeli society goes to the gulf within the Jewish diaspora from the Renaissance and Enlightenment Movement all the way to the roots of Zionism in the 1880s. Jewish communities in the Levant were the first to introduce compulsory education for which the organized community, not less than the parents, was responsible for the education of the next generation of Jews. With contemporary Jewish culture's strong emphasis, promotion of scholarship and learning and the strong propensity to promote cultivation of intellectual pursuits as well as the nations high university educational attainment rate exemplifies how highly Israeli society values higher education. The Israeli education system has been praised for various reasons, including its high quality and its major role in spurring Israel's economic development and technological boom. Many international business leaders and organizations such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates have praised Israel for its high quality of education in helping spur Israel's economic development. In 2012, the country ranked second among OECD countries (tied with Japan and after Canada) for the percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education with 46 percent compared with the OECD average of 32 percent. In addition, nearly twice as many Israelis aged 55–64 held a higher education degree compared to other OECD countries, with 47 percent holding an academic degree compared with the OECD average of 25%. In 2012, the country ranked third in the world in the number of academic degrees per capita (20 percent of the population).

Question: Which country has the highest percentage of 25-64 year-olds with college degrees?
Answer: Canada

Question: Which has a higher percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education, Israel or the OECD average?
Answer: Israel

Question: The leader of what company has said good things about Israel's education system?
Answer: Microsoft

Question: What country ranked third in the world in the world in the number of academic degrees per capita?
Answer: Israel

Question: Which country has a higher percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education as of 2012, Israel or Canada?
Answer: Canada

Question: Which OECD average is higher, the percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education or the percentage of people aged 55–64 that hold a higher education degree?
Answer: the percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education

Question: What percentage of people aged 55-64 have a higher degree than other OECD countries?
Answer: 47

Question: Which has a higher percentage of people aged 55–64 that hold a higher education degree, Israel or the OECD average?
Answer: Israel

Question: Is Israel ranked higher for the number of 25-64 year olds that have attained tertiary education or the number of academic degrees per capita?
Answer: 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education

Question: Which country has a higher percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education as of 2012, Japan or Canada?
Answer: Canada

Question: Which came later, the Renaissance or the roots of Zionism?
Answer: the roots of Zionism

Question: What country ranked second among OECD countries for percentage of 25 to 64 year old's that have attained tertiary education?
Answer: Israel