Table No. 13: Growth in numbers of pupils in primary education between 2007-2008 and 2012-2013 by sex and by region Numbers 2007-2008 Numbers 2012-2013 AAGR M M M Region F T F T F T Lomé-Golfe 104.844 110.796 215.640 136.426 146.541 282.967 5,4% 5,8% 5,6% Maritime 115.555 95.339 210.894 144.585 130.259 274.844 4,6% 6,4% 5,4% Plateaux 133.951 116.135 250.086 178.707 161.593 340.300 5,9% 6,8% 6,4% Centrale 66.169 58.132 124.301 80.385 74.608 154.993 4,0% 5,1% 4,5% Kara 71.200 61.605 132.805 84.004 77.032 161.036 3,4% 4,6% 3,9% Savanes 70.082 50.741 120.823 107.008 91.208 198.216 8,8% 12,4% 10,4% TOGO 561.801 492.748 1.054.549 731.115 681.241 1.412.356 5,4% 6,7% 6,0% Source: National School Statistics Directory of the Directorate of Pre-School and Primary Education Directorate (DEPP), October, 2013 266. In almost all the regions, more than half of the children who have attained 6 years of age have access to primary education. On the whole, efforts are needed to improve overall access by children and in particular access by girls to primary education 267. Furthermore, there is a wide variance between the net rates (ratio of all the pupils and the school age bracket) and the gross access rates (ratio of the number of pupils not repeating Primary 1 to the the population of 6-year-old children) in Primary 1 in all the regions, which would be due to the enrolment of children beyond the legal age in Primary 1. 78