P a g e | 60 Educational Support Services (Primary Schooling) for children still at school Response National Freqency Percentage M F M F Types of outside support received at primary school (Q104) None 26404 26015 8.2 7.8 Free Primary 279176 296552 86.3 89.2 School fees/ bursary 5677 2689 1.8 0.8 School meals 5896 2370 1.8 0.7 Books 4996 2380 1.5 0.7 Stationery 495 491 0.2 0.2 Uniform 632 1939 0.2 0.6 Other costs (e.g. school 133 0.0 trips Total 323409 332435 100 100 Urban Freq M F Rural Percentage M F Freq M F Percentage M F 18739 67587 2163 2468 1928 127 300 - 15876 72673 470 302 226 784 - 20.1 72.4 2.3 2.6 2.1 0.1 0.3 - 17.6 80.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.9 - 7664 211589 3515 3428 3068 368 332 133 10138 223880 2219 2068 2154 491 1155 - 3.3 92.0 1.5 1.5 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 4.2 92.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.5 - 93311 90330 100 100 230098 242104 100 100 Source: Situational Analysis of VC 2011 There is now a Bachelor degree in teaching offered at National University of Lesotho (NUL) which accepts enrollments of more than 200 each year. These numbers suggest that there are sufficient graduates each year to staff the schools of Lesotho, but not all are willing to live in very remote rural areas. Vocational schools are more financially accessible to all than universities. The rate of formal unemployment is falling gradually with people undertaking small projects to earn an income without being formally employed. Only 1.4% of children aged 7-17 had received life skills education in the year before the Situational Analysis of VC survey in 2011. This included discussions of budgeting, nutrition and sex education. Children who were not in school were more likely to have received such training. Access to life skills training did not differ across boys and girls, nor across agro-ecological zone or urban/rural area. Difficulties Current School Attendance by Location Source: Situational Analysis of VC 2011