amount, 68.665 million was for the budget support. For 2014/15 to 2016/17, it is expected that a total of 47.207 million will be disbursed for education, of which 45.360 million will be budget support. Other partners whose support could not be quantified include Australia, the Commonwealth, China, Japan, Germany, UNICEF, India, which provided training opportunities, technical support and some infrastructures43. The total number of primary schools in the country was 817 in 2013, of which 754 (92.3%) were public schools and 62 (7.7%) were privately owned.44 In 2012, the total number of primary school students was 337,206 (172,347 boys and 164,859 girls). This was an increase of 1.3% on enrolment between 2011 and 2012 from 332,97145. The number of secondary schools increased from 276 in 2008 to 283 in 2012 which reflects a rate of 2.5%. Out of the 283 schools, public schools constituted 84% of all secondary schools in the country. Secondary schools enrolment has increased by 0.4% over 3 years from 172,669 in 2009 to 172,986 in 2012 with female enrolment at 51.7% and 48.3% for males. There are 45 public institutions providing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET): 8 Technical colleges and 37 Vocational Centres, offering certificate up to diploma level qualifications. The enrolment in TVET sector has increased from 6,096 in 2009 to 9,262 in 2013 and 10,622 in 201446. The department of TVET has an equal opportunities policy that reserves a 15% quota for admission of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The number of institutions in the Tertiary Education Sector has been growing and as of August 2013, the private colleges and universities constituted 38.5% of all Tertiary education institutions that were registered (44). The remaining 61.5% were public institutions. The 2013/14 intake shows that 34.9% students are absorbed in private tertiary institutions while 57.7% of those are in public institutions. There has been an increase in student enrolment across the sector. During the 2011/12 43 See Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP 2015-2020), page 159. 44 See Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Ministerial Briefing Report, February 2014. 45 See Statistics Botswana 2012 Stats Brief: Primary Education. 46See Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP 2015-2020), page 25. 63 | P a g e