Higher education Higher education in Lesotho consists of education in universities and other tertiary institutions after five years of secondary and high school education. Currently, Lesotho has one public university, one private university and several technical and vocational/tertiary institutions. Enrolment in the private and public universities in the academic year 2003–2004 National University of Lesotho (NUL) Public university 6,714 Limkonkwing University of Technology (2008/2009) Private university 1,318 Technical/vocational Public institution 1,716 Lesotho College of Education Public institution 2,335 Tertiary institutions Total 12,083 OTHER BASIC INDICATORS General Under-5 mortality rate (2006) 113 (per 1,000 live births) Infant mortality rate (under-1-year-olds, 2006) 91 (per 1,000 live births) Annual number of births (thousands, 2006) 72,229 Annual number of under-5 deaths (thousands, 2004) 113 Life expectancy at birth (2006) 42.4 years Adult literacy rate (2000–2005) Male 75.2 per cent Female 94.9 per cent Primary school net enrolment/attendance (2000–2006) 94.2 per cent Telephone subscribers (as at March 2008) Fixed/main lines 47,582 Cellular/mobile 482,455 Electrification rate (2008) 18 per cent Electricity consumption per capita in kilowatt hours (kWh, 2008) 507 gigawatt hours (GWh) by 62,000 consumers Human Development Index (HDI – 2007) 0.549 HDI ranking (out of 177 countries in 2007) 138 xiii