Top Arab Cities 2010
By Trends • Jun 1st, 2010Top Arab Cities in Education
Three cities ranked first in education: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha. They have all witnessed a global renaissance and pursued pioneering initiatives in this vital sector. Amman took the lead with the highest education enrollment index, ranking fourth in this sector. As for its basic education enrollment ratio, it reached 88.6 percent according to the World Economic Forum Report.
Tunis maintained its fifth position this year compared to last year’s report as it enjoyed the second best Arab educational system. It also ranked third as per the number of its specialized training and research centers.
Manama ranked sixth followed by Beirut, where illiteracy reaches 10.4 percent according to Fact Book. Then Riyadh and Jeddah are in eighth position, followed by Kuwait, which ranked first in the Arab world in the literacy ratio index with an illiteracy ratio not exceeding 5.5 percent.
Muscat ranked 11th followed by Cairo and Alexandria. Damascus and Aleppo moved back to the 14th and 15th positions respectively after ranking ninth according to last year’s report.
Casablanca and Rabat respectively ranked 16th and 17th, while Algiers ranked second to last followed by Khartoum, which lagged behind in all indexes except for the literacy ratio where it preceded Casablanca and Rabat.
