6.19
Education
6.19.1
Enrolment
Rates
Access
to
education
has
shown
positive
trends
in
2007
due
to
appropriate
policy
actions
and
increased
resource
allocation
to
the
educational
sector.
The
Education
Management
Information
System
(EMIS)
reports
a
KG
Net
Enrolment
Rate
of
55.8%
with
a
Gender
Parity
Index
(GPI)
of
0.99,
doubling
the
enrolment
at
that
level
from
approximately
550,000
in
2001/02
to
1,104,779
in
2006/07.
Primary
school
enrolment
has
increased
from
2.5
million
pupils
in
2001/02
to
almost
3.4
million
in
2006/07,
registering
an
increase
of
35%.
In
the
APRM
Monitoring
Group
survey,
the
majority
of
respondents
(75%)
indicated
that,
there
has
been
a
significant
improvement
in
access
to
education,
particularly
at
the
primary
level.
6.19.2
Pupil-‐Teacher
Ratio
The
Pupil-‐Teacher
Ratio
at
primary
school
level
improved
marginally
from
34
:
1
in
2003/04
to
33
:
1
in
2006/07.
About
53%
of
respondents
in
the
survey
indicated
they
were
satisfied
with
the
quality
of
education.
The
majority
of
Respondents
��(50.6
percent)
reported
that
there
has
been
an
improvement
in
access
to
educational
facilities
(Figure
37).
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