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SOUTH ASIA: EDUCATION PROFILE
| Adult literacy rate | Youth literacy rate | Age group enrolment ratios (adjusted) | Children reaching grade 5 | Tertiary students in Science | Public education expenditure | |||||
| ( % age 15 and above ) | ( % age 15-24 ) | Primary age group ( %of relevant age group) | Secondary age group ( %of relevant age group) | ( %) | ( as % of total tertiary) (a) | As % of GNP | As % of total Governmental Expenditure | Pre primary and secondary (as %of all levels ) | Tertiary ( as % of all levels ) | |
| 1998 | 1998 | 1997 | 1997 | 1995-97 (b) | 1995-97 (b) | 1995-97 (b) | 1995-97 (b) | 1994-97 (b) | 1994-97 (b) | |
| Bangladesh | 40.1 | 49.6 | 75.1 | 21.6 | - | - | 2.2(f) | - | 88.6(f) | 7.9(f) |
| Bhutan | - | - | 13.2 | - | 82 | - | 4.1 | 7 | 79.6 | 20.4 |
| India | 55.7 | 70.9 | 77.2 | 59.7 | 59 | 25 | 3.2 | 11.6 | 66 | 13.7 |
| Maldives | 96.6 | 98.9 | - | - | - | - | 6.4 | 10.5 | - | - |
| Nepal | 39.2 | 57.3 | 78.4 | 54.6 | 52 | 14 | 3.2 | 13.5 | 64.1 | 19 |
| Pakistan | 44.0 | 61.9 | - | - | - | - | 2.7 | 7.1 | 79.8 | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 91.1 | 96.5 | 99.9 | 58.4 | 95 | 22 | 2.2 | 14.7 | 65.3 | 34.7 |
Notes: a=
Data refer to enrolment in natural and applied sciences. b=data refer
to the most recent period available during the period specified in the
column leading. f=Data refer to expenditures by the ministry of education
only
Source : Human
Development Report : 2000, UNDP, OUP ,New Delhi , 2000.