2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2005/07 Gross education rate, boys 53.6 58.1 62.4 66.1 71.7 Gross education rate, girls 41.0 46.2 51.0 55.0 61.2 Total 47.5 52.2 56.8 60.7 66.5 Trends in gross education rate in secondary school by gender and region (percentages) 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 B G Total B G Total B G Total Boucle du Mouhoun 9.7 5.5 7.7 10.1 5.8 8.1 10.9 6.3 8.7 Cascades 19.8 10.0 14.8 20.7 11.0 15.8 24.4 12.7 18.4 Centre 39.7 35.2 37.3 41.4 36.9 39.0 42.5 38.2 40.2 Centre-East 10.3 5.9 8.2 11.4 6.6 9.0 12.5 7.6 10.1 Centre-North 8.6 4.1 6.3 9.6 4.5 7.0 10.4 5.1 7.7 Centre-West 15.6 8.0 11.7 16.7 8.3 12.4 18.7 9.9 14.2 Centre-South 10.5 6.1 8.3 11.2 6.7 9.0 13.1 8.1 10.6 East 7.5 3.6 5.5 8.0 4.2 6.1 9.4 4.7 7.0 Hauts-Bassins 21.3 14.1 17.7 23.2 15.4 19.3 25.9 17.5 21.7 North 12.7 6.2 9.4 13.0 6.3 9.6 14.5 7.4 10.8 Central Plateau 9.8 5.3 7.5 10.5 6.0 8.2 11.8 6.9 9.3 Sahel 3.8 1.7 2.7 4.3 1.8 3.0 4.6 2.0 3.2 South-West 12.0 5.5 8.9 12.9 6.2 9.8 15.8 7.1 11.7 Burkina Faso 14.7 9.7 12.2 15.7 10.4 13.0 17.2 11.5 14.4 xix