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EDUCATION : COMPARISON WITH OTHER REGIONS

  Year South Asia East Asia (Excluding China) China Arab States Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America and the Caribbean Developing World     (b)
Adult Literacy Rate (%) 1995
      - Male   62 98 90 70 67 88 79
      - Female   36 95 73 47 48 85 62
      - Total   49 97 82 59 57 86 71
Combined Enrolment (%) 1994
      - Male   60 82 61 63 47 69 60
      - Female   44 76 55 54 38 69 52
      - Total   52 78 58 58 42 69 56
Pupil teacher ratio (Primary) 1995 60 28 22 25 45 25 33
Female teachers at Primary 1995 31 68 46 53 39 76 50
level ( as % of  total )                
Primary level gross enrolment ratio (%) 1993              
          - Male   110 n/a 120 103 78 110 110
          - Female   87 n/a 116 91 65 106 99
          - Total   100 n/a 118 97 72       108c 104
Secondary Level Gross
enrolment Ratio (%) 1993              
          - Male   52 n/a 60 65 27 51 59
          - Female   33 n/a 51 51 22 56 50
          - Total 43 n/a 56 59 24      54  d 55
Education / Military 1960 87 n/a 15 71 243 117 59
Expenditure ratio 1994 96 n/a 56 74 195 218 106
Public Expenditure on 1960 2 n/a 1.8 3.5 2.4 2.1 2.5

Note :  a: When UNICEF or World Bank data in used, Arab Countries are defined as "Middle east and Africa (North) ", b= When  World Bank data in used, developing countries are defined as low and Middle Income Countries., Year 1992 ;  c &  d : Year 1992; e: The ratio has been obtained by dividing the education expenditure ( as  % of GDP) for that year and multiplying the resulting figure by 100.
Source : Human Development in South Asia : 1998, OUP , Karachi 1998.

 
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