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