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STATE OF FEMALE EDUCATION IN SOUTH ASIA

	India	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Bhutan	Maldives	South Asia
Primary enrolment ratio (Net) 1997
Girls	71	62	70	63	100	12	98	70
Boys	83	71	80	93	100	14	96	81
Total	77	67	75	78	100	13	97	76
Secondary enrolment ratio (Net) 1997
Girls	48	17	16	40	79	2	49	41
Boys	71	33	27	68	73	7	49	61
Total	60	25	22	55	76	5	49	51
Literacy rate (%) 1997
Female	39	25	27	21	88	30	96	37
Male	67	55	50	56	94	58	96	64
Total	54	41	39	38	91	44	96	51
Drop out rate (%) 1997
Girls	41	56	33	48	1	16	6	41
Boys	35	46	31	48	2	19	9	35
Completion of Primary cycle(%) 1994
Girls	59	44	67	52	99	84	94	59
Boys	65	54	69	52	98	81	91	65
Female teacher(as a % of total primary teachers)
1997-98	36	35	31	22	96	30	94	37

Source : Human Development in South Asia 2000 : The Gender Question, Mahbub ul Haq, Human Development Centre , OUP , Karachi , 2000.