TABLE 4.2.1
	ENROLMENT, NET ENROLMENT RATIO AND PROPORTION OF CHILDREN REACHING GRADE FIVE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL 1998 - 2003
	CLASS	Sex	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	KINDERGARTEN	Girls	108	114	81	98	91	79
		Boys	111	101	116	97	73	83
		Total	219	215	197	195	164	162
	GRADE 1	Girls	100	104	117	86	110	73
		Boys	98	110	103	117	107	77
		Total	198	214	220	203	217	150
	GRADE 2	Girls	116	103	104	114	83	76
		Boys	109	107	105	99	111	81
		Total	225	210	209	213	194	157
	GRADE 3	Girls	112	112	100	97	117	79
		Boys	108	109	102	104	103	54
		Total	220	221	202	201	220	133
	GRADE  4	Girls	120	106	111	94	107	74
		Boys	124	115	108	95	101	87
		Total	244	221	219	189	208	161
	GRADE 5	Girls	123	118	102	110	92	77
		Boys	109	127	103	103	97	78
		Total	232	245	205	213	189	155
	GRADE 6	Girls	109	117	113	100	108	74
		Boys	122	96	108	101	100	67
		Total	231	213	221	201	208	141
	SPECIAL NEEDS	Girls	. . .	. . .	0	0	1	9
		Boys	. . .	. . .	16	12	12	2
		Total	. . .	. . .	16	12	13	11
	TOTAL  ALL CLASSES	Girls	788	774	728	699	709	541
		Boys	781	765	761	728	704	529
		Total	1569	1539	1489	1427	1413	1070
				. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	….
	Total population (5 - 12 yrs)	Girls		. . .	. . .	839	. . .	….
	Census data as at May 2001	Boys		. . .	. . .	835	. . .	….
		Total				1674
	Net Enrolment Ratio in Primary education a	Girls	. . .	. . .	. . .	83.3	. . .	….
		Boys	. . .	. . .	. . .	87.2	. . .	….
		Total		. . .	. . .	85.2		….
	Ratio of girls to boys in primary c		100.9	101.2	95.7	96.0	100.7	102.3
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	Source: Education Department
	Definitions:
	Net Enrolment Ratio in Primary Education
	It is the number of 5 to 12 years girls (boys) enrolled in primary education, divided by the total population of girls (boys) in that age group, times 100.
	Ratio of girls to boys
	Number of girls divided by number of boys in primary and presented as number of girls to 100 boys.
	Last Up date: April 15, 2004