25-27  Education Levels of Population Aged 14 and Over  
 
             
Item 1991 1996 2001
           
Persons Percentage Persons Percentage Persons Percentage
(10 000) (%) (10 000) (%) (10 000) (%)
             
  Total 28.72 100.0 31.31 100.0 34.97 100.0
      Male 13.74 47.8 14.68 46.9 16.45 47.0
      Female 14.98 52.2 16.62 53.1 18.52 53.0
  No Education/Pre-primary Education 4.30 15.0 2.63 8.4 2.10 6.0
      Male 1.51 5.3 0.69 2.2 0.48 1.4
      Female 2.78 9.7 1.94 6.2 1.62 4.6
  Primary Education 12.49 43.5 12.70 40.6 13.64 39.0
      Male 6.12 21.3 6.08 19.4 6.63 19.0
      Female 6.38 22.2 6.62 21.1 7.01 20.0
  Junior Secondary Education 7.56 26.3 8.93 28.5 9.45 27.0
      Male 3.75 13.1 4.25 13.6 4.43 12.7
      Female 3.81 13.3 4.68 14.9 5.02 14.4
  Senior Secondary Education 2.88 10.1 4.83 15.4 6.63 19.0
      Male 1.51 5.3 2.47 7.9 3.32 9.5
      Female 1.36 4.7 2.36 7.5 3.31 9.5
  Higher Education            
     Non-university Degree 0.52 1.8 0.25 0.8 0.75 2.1
        Male 0.23 0.8 0.09 0.3 0.29 0.8
        Female 0.28 1.1 0.16 0.5 0.46 1.3
    University 0.97 3.4 1.93 6.2 2.39 6.8
        Male 0.61 2.1 1.09 3.5 1.29 3.7
        Female 0.36 1.3 0.84 2.7 1.10 3.1
    Unknown     0.03 0.1 0.02 0.1
        Male     0.01   0.01  
        Female     0.02 0.1