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Table 2. Swazil<strong>and</strong> – primary school enrolment: 2000<br />
Grade<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
Total<br />
Boys<br />
20 033<br />
18 678<br />
18 625<br />
15 820<br />
14 097<br />
12 592<br />
10 599<br />
110 444<br />
Girls<br />
17 675<br />
16 401<br />
16 544<br />
15 343<br />
14 187<br />
12 600<br />
10 738<br />
103 542<br />
Total<br />
37 708<br />
35 079<br />
35 169<br />
31 213<br />
28 284<br />
25 196<br />
21 337<br />
213 986<br />
Table 2 provides some evidence of a higher attrition rate<br />
boys as well as a more impressive completion rate a phenomenon which makes an equitable gender<br />
representation in the last three grades of primary educa-<br />
i<strong>for</strong> i<strong>girls</strong>, tion. This point is, to a certain extent, supported by Table<br />
3, which shows examination entry figures <strong>for</strong> the years<br />
2000 <strong>and</strong> 2001.<br />
The most interesting points emerge from Table 4,<br />
which shows the per<strong>for</strong>mances of boys <strong>and</strong> <strong>girls</strong> in the<br />
terminal examinations at the end of primary <strong>and</strong> junior<br />
secondary <strong>education</strong>. For both years, <strong>girls</strong> have a higher<br />
success rate than boys.<br />
Swazil<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
Girls (%)<br />
46.88<br />
46.75<br />
47.04<br />
49.32<br />
50.16<br />
50.03<br />
50.33<br />
48.39<br />
Table 3. Examination entries <strong>for</strong> 2000 <strong>and</strong> 2001<br />
Group<br />
Boys<br />
Girls<br />
Total<br />
Girls (%)<br />
Primary<br />
(2000)<br />
10 235<br />
10 394<br />
20 629<br />
50.3<br />
Primary<br />
(2001)<br />
9 964<br />
9 962<br />
19 926<br />
49.99<br />
Junior<br />
secondary<br />
(2000)<br />
4 166<br />
3 910<br />
8 076<br />
48.42<br />
Junior<br />
secondary<br />
(2001)<br />
4 634<br />
4 345<br />
8 979<br />
48.39<br />
29S<br />
Planning Division, Ministry of Education, Mbabane<br />
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