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EDUCATION  ENROLMENT

  Year India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Sri Lanka Bhutan Maldives South Asia (weighted average) Developing Countries (excluding South Asia) (b)
Primary level school age                    
population  (Millions) (a) 1980 88.7 12.1 13.5 2.1 1.7 0.16 0.022 118.3  T 326.3  T
  1995 109.2 20.9 15 3.0 1.8 0.22 0.039 150.2  T 381.8  T
Primary level gross                    
enrolment ratio (%) Male 1980 98 51 76 117 105 n/a n/a 91 106
  1993 113 80 128 129 106 82 136 110 110
Female 1980 67 27 46 49 100 n/a n/a 62 88
  1993 91 49 105 87 105 63 133 87 100
Total 1980 83 39 62 84 103 n/a n/a 76 96
  1993 105 65 111 107 106 73 134 100 104
Percentage of repeaters 1980 17  (c) n/a 49        n/a 10 13 n/a 21 n/a
(Primary )  level 1992 4   (a) n/a 7 27 7 19 18 5 10
Percentage of 1991 cohort                    
reaching grade five Male 65 48 44 52 92 74 88 61 n/a
  Female 61 48        46 (c) 52 93 73 98 58 n/a
  Total 63 48 45 52 92 73 93 59 70
Secondary level school age 1980 109.7 15.2 15.7 2.4 2.3 n/a n/a 145.3 451.5  (f)
population  (Millions) 1992 129.6 19.2 18.6 2.4 3 n/a 0.037 172.8 483.1  (g)
Secondary level gross                    
enrolment ratio (%) Male 1980 39 20 26 33 52 n/a n/a 36 45
  1993 59 28 26 46 71 n/a 49 52 59
Female 1980 20 8 9 9 57 n/a n/a 18 34
  1993 38 13 12 23 78 n/a 49 33 50
Total 1980 30 14 18 21 55 n/a 4 27 40
  1993 49 21 (h) 19 36 74 5 49 43 55
Third level enrolment  (% ) 1992 7.7                
  Male   3.6 6.6 8.4 6.1 n/a n/a 7.2 n/a
  Female 4.2 1.5 1.3 2.7 4.0 n/a n/a 3.6 n/a
  Total 6.0   (I) 2.6 4.0 5.6 5.0 n/a n/a 5.4 7.0
Tertiary students abroad
(as a Percentage of those at  home ) 1989-93 1 3.9 1.3 3.2 10 20 n/a 1.7 3.2 (j)

Note :   a = Population of age group  (5-9 years ) has been used as primary school going : b= When World Bank data is used,  developing countries are defined as low and middle income countries; c= : Years 1970-75 ; d: 1987-88 , e :Year 1990 f and g = : Population age group (10-17 ) has been used as the secondary school going population ( years 1980 and 1990 )  h= : year 1992 ( also female and male ) ; I = year 1990 ( also for male / female ), j= ; year 1985-92.
 Source :  Human Development in South Asia , 1998, OUP , Karachi , 1998 "Profile of Education for South Asia-2".
 
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