Part I - Ministry Of Education and Sports

(ii) Gross Enrolment and Net Enrolment Ratio
Access to secondary education can be measured by using Gross Enrolment Ratio and Net Enrolment
Ratio. Gross Enrolment Ratio refers to the number of students enrolled in secondary regardless of the
age, expressed as a percentage of total secondary school going population.
On the other hand, Net Enrollment Ratio refers to the students aged 13 to 18 years who are enrolled in
secondary expressed as a percentage of the total secondary school going population as presented in
the table below;
Table: 4.9.Gross Enrolment FY 2010/11 – 2011/12
Enrolment FY 2010/11 2011/12
GER 28% 27.2%
Boys 31% 29.4%
Girls 27% 25.0%
NER 25% 23.2%
Boys 26% 24.1%
Girls 25% 22.2%
Source: EMIS 2011/12
(iii) Expansion of school network in Secondary Education
The secondary education sub­sector has both government and private secondary schools. In the
period under review there were 1,007 Government Secondary Schools while the number of Private
Secondary Schools was 1,524 according to the 2012 Annual School Census (ASC) statistical returns.
Despite the big number of Private Secondary Schools, many of them are still under­resourced as
evidenced by the proportion of students which stands at 51%. Figure 4.1shows the percentage share of
secondary schools by ownership;
Figure: 4.1.Secondary Schools by ownership 2011/12
Source: EMIS FY 2011/12
Private
60%
Government
40%
(iv) Universal Secondary Education Provision by Ownership
In financial year 2010/11, the total number of schools under the Universal Secondary Education
program was 1,647 out of which 904 were government and 743 private. In the FY 2011/12, the number
of USE schools increased to 1,919 out of which 1,024 were government and 879 private.
ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012
47