Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

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The 2002 Population and Housing CensusTable 6.9: Literacy Rates by Residence and SexRegion/Residence Male Female TotalResidenceUrban 91.5 84.4 87.8Rural 75.2 58.9 66.8RegionsCentral 84.5 79.3 78.9Central (Excl. Kla) 81.9 76.0 78.9Eastern 71.9 55.0 63.1Northern 74.3 46.7 60.0Western 77.3 63.2 69.9Uganda 77.4 62.4 69.6Moroto Districthad the lowestLiteracy Rates of12 percentFigure 6.2 shows that sex disparity in literacy rates are existent in all ages exceptthose aged 10 – 14 years. The MDG’s focus is on reducing this disparity. Emphasis ison the age group 15-24 years. Literacy rate for this age group was 81 percent , 86percent for males and 76 percent for females. Despite the high levels of literacy, inabsolute terms, over 5 million persons aged 10 years and above were illiterate.Figure 6.2: Literacy Rates by Age and Sex1009086807575 76797270Literacy Rates (%)60504058365030201810010-14 15-24 25-44 45-59 60+Age GroupMaleFemale64
Analytical ReportThe variation by districts is even wider ranging from 12 percent for Moroto district to94 percent for Kampala (Table A1.7). However, apart from Moroto and Nakapiripiritdistricts which recorded rates of 12 percent, in all other districts at least half of thepopulation aged 10 years and above were literate.SummaryOne in every four persons aged 15 years and above had never attended school, whilethree out of every five had left school. There were a total of 5.2 million children ofprimary school going age (6 -12 years) out of which 4.5 million were enrolled inprimary schools giving a NER of 86 percent. The NER for secondary education was23 percent, with wider differences between males and females.Out of all persons aged 6 years and above who were out of school, 42 percent of thefemales and 26 percent of the males did not have any formal education at all. Themajority of persons with no educaton were females.The Literacy Rate for the 2002 census was 70 percent. However; the female and maleliteracy rates were 62 percent and 77 percent respectively. The literacy rate amongthe urban population was at 88 percent compared to 67 percent for the ruralpopulation.65
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