24-27  Educational Attainment of Population Aged 14 and Over
Item	By-census 1996		Census 2001		By-census 2006
	(10 000)	%	(10 000)	%	(10 000)	%
Total	31.31	100.0	34.97	100.0	43.36	100.0
Male	14.68	46.9	16.45	47.0	20.97	48.4
Female	16.62	53.1	18.52	53.0	22.39	51.6
No Schooling/Pre-primary Education	2.63	8.4	2.10	6.0	2.06	4.7
Male	0.69	2.2	0.48	1.4	0.50	1.1
Female	1.94	6.2	1.62	4.6	1.56	3.6
Primary Education	12.70	40.6	13.64	39.0	13.28	30.6
Male	6.08	19.4	6.63	19.0	6.59	15.2
Female	6.62	21.2r	7.01	20.0	6.69	15.4
Junior Secondary Education	8.93	28.5	9.45	27.0	12.07	27.8
Male	4.25	13.6	4.43	12.7	6.00	13.8
Female	4.68	14.9	5.02	14.3r	6.07	14.0
Senior Secondary Education	4.83	15.4	6.63	18.9r	10.43	24.0
Male	2.47	7.9	3.32	9.5	5.16	11.9
Female	2.36	7.5	3.31	9.5	5.27	12.1
Higher Education
Non-university Degree	0.25	0.8	0.75	2.1	0.64	1.5
Male	0.09	0.3	0.29	0.8	0.26	0.6
Female	0.16	0.5	0.46	1.3	0.38	0.9
University	1.93	6.2	2.39	6.8	4.86	11.2
Male	1.09	3.5	1.29	3.7	2.44	5.6
Female	0.84	2.7	1.10	3.2r	2.42	5.6
Others①	0.03	0.1	0.02	0.1	0.03	0.1
Male	0.02r	o	0.01	o	0.02	o
Female	0.02	0.1	0.01	o	0.01	o
Note:① In Census 2001 and By-census 2006, data referred to population with special education.