Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The 2002 Population and Housing CensusFigure 10.1: Sex Distribution of Population that had Never been to School byAge8070656970656060% of Population in age-group5040303550504031303520100All Ages 6 - 12 13 - 18 19 - 24 25 - 59 60 +MaleFemaleSchool enrollment for the school age population (aged 6-24 years) was low. Out ofthe 11.2 million persons of the school going age, only two thirds were enrolled inschool, compared to The PEAP target for primary NER of 100 percent for either sexby the year 2013. The percentage enrolled was higher for males at 70 percentcompared to females at 62 percent. The net primary school enrollment rate was 86percent with no differences between sexes. However, the NER for secondary schoolage is lower at 23 percent with slight variations by sex (24 percent for males and 23percent for females). The rates were much lower for the post secondary ages andwith wider variations by sex (28 percent for males and 13 for females). The genderparity indices were 0.94 for primary school and 0.78 for secondary school enrollment.Section 6.4 showed that among the population aged 15 years and above, only 18percent had received any post primary education with lower percentages for females(14 percent) compared to males (25 percent). Figure 10.2 shows significantdifferences in the sex distribution of the population aged 15 years and above who hadleft school by the educational attainment. The women outnumber men among thosewith no education and lower primary, the men greatly outnumber women in terms ofhigher education attainment.126