Millennium Development Goal 2

Achieve universal primary education
  -    The challenge is to ensure that all children everywhere have access to quality education at all levels, that the enrolment of girls in primary and secondary education continues to improve and that options for secondary education continue to increase, particularly for vocational training. 

Target 3: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

6. Net enrolment ratio in primary education  1986:  39.00%      1999:  56.00% (1986 1999 Census)

• While in enrolment rates in primary education are low, in the 13 years 1986 – 1999 there was a slight improvement in the number of children enrolled in primary school (based on Census results) 

7. Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5  1991:  85 (2003 HDR)

• Up to date information is required to monitor this indicator, however the rate is high, although the Ministry of Education need to verify this information (as it seems high). 

8. Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds  1991:  62.00% (1991 literacy survey)

• While there have been questions on literacy in population censuses; there are concerns about the quality of results from asking people if they are able to read and write and a further literacy survey is required to monitor this indicator