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(b)
(i)
Results/outcomes
Survival Rate to Grade Five and Seven
Survival rate is an official indicator used to track progress toward efficiency and effectiveness and it
refers to the percentage of a cohort of pupils who enter the first grade of primary education and reach
a certain grade, regardless of repetition. Figure 4.21 shows survival rates to grate five and seven for
the last two financial years;
Figure 4.21: Survival Rate to P.5 and P.7 in Primary Schools 2010/11­2011/12
61%
60%
60%
Survival Rate to P.5
33.0%
32.5%
Survival Rate to P.7
Survival Rate
59%
59%
58%
58%
57%
Survival Rate
32.0%
31.5%
31.0%
57%
56%
56%
Total Boys Girls
30.5%
30.0%
Total Boys Girls
FY 2010/11 58% 57% 59%
FY 2010/11 31.2% 32% 31%
2011/12 59% 59% 60%
2011/12 32.3% 32.8% 31.8%
Sex of pupils
Sex of Pupils
Source: EMIS 2010/11­2011/12
Survival rate to primary seven improved in the period under review. In FY 2010/11, 31.2% (Male;
32%; Female 31%) of the pupils who enrolled in primary one in 2004 survived to grade seven. In FY
2011/12 the survival rate improved by 1.1%age point to the tune of 32.3% (Male 32.8%; Female 31.8%).
Likewise, survival rate to grade five also improved by 1 percentage point from 58 percent in 2010/11
to 59 percent in 2011/12.
(ii)
Primary Seven Completion Rate
Primary Seven completion rate is the percentage of pupils completing the last year of primary school
(Grade seven). It is calculated by taking the total number of candidates registered for Primary leaving
examinations divided by the total number of children of official graduation age (12 years). Figure 4.22
shows primary seven completion rates for the period under review.
Figure 4.22: Primary Seven Completion Rate by Sex FY 2010/11­2011/12
P.7 Completion Rate
69%
68%
67%
66%
65%
64%
63%
62%
61%
60%
FY 2010/11 FY 2011/12
Total 64% 67%
Boys 65% 68%
Girls 63% 66%
FY
ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012