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EDUCATION STATISTICS FROM 2000 CENSUS

Qualification rate of citizen population aged > 15 years, by sex and sector

Age group

Total

Urban

Rural
(years) Persons Males Females Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
Total with qualifications 147,328 100,709 46,619 60,631 39,494 21,137 86,697 61,215 25,482
                   
Total 5.3 7.2 3.4 17.0 20.3 13.0 3.6 5.0 2.1
                   
15-19 1.1 1.2 1.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 0.8 0.9 0.8
20-24 4.2 4.6 3.7 11.9 11.6 12.2 2.7 3.2 2.3
25-29 5.7 7.2 4.3 16.4 18.3 14.3 3.8 5.1 2.7
30-34 6.8 9.3 4.4 20.2 24.5 15.4 4.6 6.5 2.8
35-39 7.6 10.6 4.6 23.2 28.7 16.8 5.1 7.4 2.8
40-44 8.4 12.0 4.6 27.2 33.1 19.2 5.5 8.2 2.7
45-49 7.5 11.2 3.5 26.2 32.6 16.3 5.0 7.8 2.1
50-54 5.9 9.0 2.4 21.1 26.6 11.8 4.2 6.6 1.6
55-59 3.9 6.0 1.3 13.5 17.7 6.3 3.0 4.8 1.0
60-64 2.8 4.6 0.7 10.0 14.0 3.3 2.3 3.8 0.6
65-69 1.8 3.0 0.4 5.6 8.1 2.0 1.6 2.7 0.4
70-74 1.3 2.1 0.3 4.0 6.3 0.8 1.1 1.8 0.3
75 + 1.0 1.5 0.3 3.6 5.0 1.6 0.9 1.3 0.3

 

Citizen population aged >15 years with qualification by type, sex and sector

  Total Urban Rural
Type of qualification Persons Males Females Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
                   
Total 17,801 12,542 5,259 10,730 7,231 3,499 7,071 5,311 1,760
                   
Protective Services 4.6 5.2 3.1 3.6 4.9 1.2 5.3 5.4 5.0
Vocational College 9.7 11.6 5.5 6.5 8.3 3.1 12.2 13.9 7.7
Technical College 8.9 11.4 3.2 10.2 14.0 3.0 7.8 9.6 3.3
Tradesman/apprenticeship 4.5 6.3 0.3 4.9 7.3 0.4 4.1 5.7 0.2
Business & Secretarial College 15.3 8.5 30.6 21.6 11.6 40.5 10.5 6.3 21.2
Teachers College 21.2 19.2 25.6 12.4 9.7 17.6 27.9 25.8 33.1
Health College 8.6 4.9 16.9 7.2 3.1 14.8 9.7 6.2 18.8
University/Public Admin College 9.1 10.8 5.1 11.0 13.2 6.9 7.5 9.2 3.4
University Degree 9.2 11.1 4.8 14.3 17.8 7.7 5.2 6.4 2.1
Other Miscellaneous 9.1 10.9 4.9 8.2 10.0 4.6 9.7 11.5 5.1

 

 

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