Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Analytical ReportTable 6.8: Population of Selected Age groups by Highest Level of EducationAttained and SexEducational Attainment by Category Male Female TotalShare ofFemalesProportion of Population aged 6+ who had noformal Education25.6 42 34.4 66.1Proportion of Population aged 10+ who had noformal education21.6 39.6 31.4 68.6Proportion of Population aged 15 Years and overwithout Post Primary Education76.5 86.4 81.9 57.5Proportion of Population aged 20 Years and overwho had no Post Secondary Education93.7 96.9 95.4 54.66.6 LiteracyLiteracy is defined as the “ability to read with understanding and write meaningfully inany language”. The 2002 Population Census measured literacy for all persons 10years and above.77 percent of themales and 62percent of thefemales wereliterateTable 6.9 shows that the Literacy Rate for persons aged 10 years and above was 70percent. This reflected a general improvement from the rate of 54 percent observed in1991. The PEAP target is to increase literacy levels to 85 percent by 2009/10.However, wide sex disparities still exist in the literacy rates. The female and maleliteracy rates for the 2002 census were 62 percent and 77 percent respectively.The Literacy Rate among the urban population was higher at 88 percent than the ruralpopulation at 67 percent which is well below the national rate of 70 percent. There is awider difference in the literacy rates between the males and females in the ruralpopulation than in the urban population.The Central region had the highest literacy of 82 percent, while the Northern regionrecorded the lowest of 60 percent. The Eastern and Western regions recordedLiteracy rates of 63 percent and 70 percent respectively. Literacy is similar amongmales and females in the Central region.63