Social indicators EDUCATION STATISTICS: PRIMARY SCHOOLS Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No. of schools 49,306 51,870 59,174 59,761 59,761 85,831 No. of pupils enrolled 19,263,534 19,881,681 25,772,044 21,575,178 22,267,407 27,543,639 No. of teachers 487,303 491,751 591,041 597,299 598,981 863,599 Pupil: teacher ratio 39.53 40.43 43.60 36.12 37.18 32 School: teacher ratio 9.88 9.48 10.00 10.00 10.02 10.01 (6 to 11 years old) EDUCATION STATISTICS: JUNIOR-SECONDARY SCHOOLS XVIII Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total school enrolment 2,580,168 2,950,737 3,684,644 3,507,928 3,634,163 3,695,648 Male enrolments 1,431,633 1,746,909 2,083,699 1,972,637 1,984,387 2,040,367 Female enrolments 1,148,535 1,203,828 1,600,945 1,535,291 1,639,776 1,655,281 Gender ratio 55.49 per cent male: 44.51 per cent female 59.2 per cent male: 40.8 per cent female 56.55 per cent male: 43.45 per cent female 56.23 per cent male: 43.77 per cent female 54.60 per cent male: 45.40 per cent female 55.21 per cent male: 44.79 per cent female No. of schools1 6,292 6,909 10,570 10,913 10,913 11,081 No. of teachers2 143,317 163,348 180,278 154,594 159,283 161,628 Pupil: teacher ratio 18:1 18:1 20.4:1 23:1 23:1 Teacher: school ratio 23:1 24:1 17:1 14:1 14.6:1 1 Includes senior-secondary schools. 2 Includes senior-secondary schools. 14.6:1