formal education
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformalandeducation
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formal
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.məl/us/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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education
noun[S or U]
uk/ˌedʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌedʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get ...
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(Definition offormalandeducationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofformal education
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He had barely reached twenty when he was exiled and hisformaleducationended - except for whatever his father taught him.
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Equally, it is important to explicitly recognize that neitherformaleducationnor material wealth guarantees emotional well-being or equanimity in parenting.
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Compared to heads of households withformaleducation, illiterate farmers are more inefficient.
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Some studies have emphasized a positive association betweenformaleducationand adoption30,40.
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To generate more reliable survey responses from a population with limitedformaleducation, self-administered face-to-face interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire.
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None had receivedformaleducationbeyond the statutory school-leaving age.
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They have not had anyformaleducationin pedagogy and methodologies.
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The mean number of years offormaleducationfor both the albinos and for the control group of subjects was 4-5 years (+2-3).
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The most obvious policy ' lever ' suggested by this study for increasing the access of the poor to more remunerative wage labour is ruralformaleducation.
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Not surprisingly, democratic theorists called for universalformaleducationas a means of completely equalizing employment opportunities.
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Formaleducationin this analysis includes state and private systems of schooling that have gradually opened up for women and girls.
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In a centralised system, knowledge tends to be presented in theformaleducationsetting as a standardised syllabus.
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Less than 5% of the population have had anyformaleducation.
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A direct association betweenformaleducationin psychotherapy and treatment results has not been identified.
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High levels offormaleducationare usually presumed to be inversely related to lottery purchase.
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This includes a speaker with noformaleducation, one with only primary school education, and one in the process of completing high school.
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Agents differ in natural ability, the quality of their primary and secondary education, access to training programs and postsecondary institutions, and attitudes towardformaleducation.
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As he was a brilliant pupil at the primary school, his schoolmaster persuaded his family to allow him to continue hisformaleducation.
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