23-36 Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15 and Above
	1981		1986		1991		1996
Item	Number of	(%)	Number of	(%)	Number of	(%)	Number of	(%)
	Persons		Persons		Persons		Persons
	(person)		(person)		(person)		(person)
Total
Male	1961803	52.3	2122826	51.2	2212947	50.6	2511854	49.6
Female	1787250	47.7	2026224	48.8	2157418	49.4	2554664	50.4
No Schooling/Kindergarten
Male	148670	4.0	148943	3.6	157473	3.6	128395	2.5
Female	455953	12.2	436948	10.5	399824	9.1	352457	7.0
Primary
Male	721146	19.1	653927	15.9	576381	13.1	569431	11.2
Female	562247	15.0	558987	13.4	524218	12.0	577451	11.4
Lower Secondary
Male	418758	11.2	464708	11.2	506431	11.6	569097	11.2
Female	260773	7.0	290585	7.0	331299	7.6	389148	7.7
Upper Secondary
Male	434905	11.6	524736	12.6	576058	13.2	667664	13.2
Female	361498	9.6	499149	12.0	593213	13.6	735547	14.5
Matriculation
Male	79161	2.1	105147	2.5	109345	2.5	148683	2.9
Female	56395	1.5	89383	2.2	105232	2.4	160125	3.2
Tertiary
Non-degree Courses
Male	69998	1.9	105784	2.5	126489	2.9	128246	2.5
Female	53755	1.4	90608	2.2	108423	2.5	114758	2.3
Degree Courses
Male	89165	2.4	119581	2.9	160770	3.7	300338	5.9
Female	36629	1.0	60564	1.5	95209	2.2	225178	4.4