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52 / CHAPTER 2
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Education for All Global Monitoring Report
The number of
secondary
students in the
world rose
substantially
between 1998
and 2002, from
430 million
to almost
500 million
Secondary education
The number of secondary students in the world
rose substantially between 1998 and 2002, from
430 million to almost 500 million – more than four
times the increase in the number of primaryschool
students. The global GER at this level went
up from 60% to 65% as a result of increases in
the number of children completing primary
school and the proportion going on to secondary
school.
The transition to and participation
in secondary education
Transition rates increased from 1998 to 2002 in
most countries (Figure 2.13). High transition rates
are now widespread. Half the developing
countries for which data are available have
transition rates above 80%, and rates generally
exceed 90% in developed countries and countries
in transition. A small group of countries still had
rates below 70% in 2002, as low as 20% in the
Figure 2.13: Transition rates from primary to general secondary education, 1998/1999 and 2001/2002
100
80
Above this line:
Rates increased
Turks/Caicos Is
Lesotho
United Republic of Tanzania. Rates also fell
substantially in the Dominican Republic, Ghana,
Guinea and Madagascar.
In three out of four countries in the world,
home to 80% of children of secondary school age,
lower secondary education is compulsory (see
statistical annex, Table 4). Nevertheless, of the
109 countries for which data are available and in
which lower secondary education is compulsory,
41 have transition rates below 90%.
Regional patterns of participation in secondary
education are similar to those observed for
primary education, but the contrasts are sharper.
Generally, OECD countries have almost achieved
universal secondary education. High secondary
GERs are found in Central and Eastern Europe,
Central Asia, and Latin America and the
Caribbean. Levels of participation vary widely in
the Arab States (regional average: 65%), and East
Asia and the Pacific (71%). The lowest average
regional GERs are those of sub-Saharan Africa
Viet Nam
Samoa
Dominica
Guatemala
Sudan Macao,
China
Cayman
Bangladesh
Is
Tunisia
Costa Rica
Ghana
Cambodia
Algeria
Bhutan
Lao PDR
Gambia
Syrian A. R.
Dominican Rep.
Br. Virgin Is
Sub-Saharan Africa
Arab States
Central Asia
East Asia and the Pacific
South and West Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
North America and Western Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
Transition rates 2001 (%)
60
40
Uganda
Zambia
Djibouti
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
Côte
d’Ivoire
Mozambique
Neth. Antilles
Burkina
Faso
Mali
Guinea
Madagascar
Chad
20
United Republic
of Tanzania
Below this line:
Rates decreased
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Transition rates 1998 (%)
Notes: The transition rate is the number of new
entrants to first grade of secondary education,
expressed as the percentage of pupils in the last
grade of primary education one year earlier. Only
countries with comparable data for both years are
included. Countries with transition rates below
65% in either year or a change in rates exceeding
5% points are labelled. See source table for
detailed country notes.
Source: Statistical annex, Table 7.