Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Analytical ReportTable 6.2: Primary School Gross Enrolment Rate and Gender Parity IndexRegion Male Female Total GPICentral 128 124 126 0.97Central (Exc. Kampala) 129 125 127 0.97Eastern 132 127 129 0.96Northern 127 115 121 0.91Western 134 129 131 0.96Uganda 130 124 127 0.956.2.2 Net Enrolment RateThe primary school Net Enrolment Rate (NER) refers to the proportion of the totalenrolment of eligible official school- age population (6-12 years) to the correspondingage group. A high level of NER shows a higher level of participation of the pupilswithin that age group. It is a better measure of school participation than the GER.Table 6.3 shows that the national level primary school net enrolment rate was 86. Thisshows that 14 percent of the primary school age population were not enrolled inprimary schools. Northern region had the lowest NER of 77 percent. The differencebetween the GER (127) and the NER (86) shows the level of primary schoolparticipation of the pupils outside the official school going age. This therefore meansthat about 40 percent of the primary school going age children who are not supposedto be attending primary schools were either below 6 years or above 12 years.Table 6.3: Primary School Net Enrolment Rate (6 – 12 years) by Sex and RegionRegion Male Female TotalCentral 89.1 89.6 89.3Eastern 88.7 89.1 88.9Northern 78.6 75.4 77.0Western 85.6 86.0 85.8Uganda 85.9 85.7 85.859