, What information do we need about the course and the educational experience to determine the competency of an academic? 2. What are the obligations of professors of HEIs?

, Who asses the educational process?

, What are the types of courses in terms of setting (lab, theory, etc

, Does the same educator take part in the theory and laboratory of a course?

, What are the prerequisites for someone to teach a course? 11. How an academic create the material of his/her course? 12

, Do the students participate in this course? 1. How economic indicators affect the development progress of a country? 2. How many women have at least master degree? 3. What is the ratio of women with master degree to men with master degree?

, How many people are living in slums in a selected country?

, What is the life expectancy at birth for males? 10. How much cost to export from a selected country? 11. What is the percentage of ICT goods imports? 12. What is the amount of patent applications of a country's residents? 13. Are there any children in employment? 14. How many women work part-time? 15

, What is the percentage of the urban population with access to electricity? 17. How much development progress did a country make for a selected time period?

, How many years lasts the compulsory education? 19. What is the amount of methane emissions? 20. What is the change of methane emissions from 1990? 21. How many are the broadband subscriptions? 22

, What country has the best performance in the dimension "Infrastructure"? 24. Find the birth rate for a specific country

, What is the military expenditure for a given country?

, I would like to know the amount of scientific and technical journal articles in a country

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