EDUCATION
		1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Student Enrolment in Maldives		62,573	35,415	73,642	43,153	83,855	87,878	90,597	93,375	97,323	101,081	105,356	106,391	106,220	104,408	104,214	102,073	100,241	97,131	79886 1_/
	Government Schools	25,608	27,843	32,475	35,138	36,693	39,032	40,935	43,757	46,352	49,721	53,413	56,224	56,579	58,682	57,139	83,563	82,177	79,439	76420
	Private Schools	7,226	7,572	7,388	8,015	8,500	9,281	9,509	8,323	8,812	8,836	9,591	9,719	8,764	8,186	9,033	8,665	8,373	7,340	1,269
	Community Schools	29,739	32,680	33,779	35,486	38,662	39,565	40,153	41,295	42,159	42,524	42,352	40,448	40,877	37,540	38,042	9,845***	9,691	10,352	2197
Student Enrolment by Level
	Pre - Primary Enrolment (NURS, LKG, UKG)	-		9,379	9,592	9,443	11,198	10,530	10,682	11,508	12,031	12,894	12,809	12,886	11,206	13,075	13,505	14,325	14,851	10,333
	Primary Enrolment (Grades 1 - 7)	14,268		55,640	60,470	65,289	67,312	69,487	72,641	73,519	74,050	73,522	71,054	68,242	66,169	63,300	57,873	54,692	50,270	48,553
	Secondary Enrolment (Grades 8 - 10)	1,626		5,411	6,193	6,699	6,993	8,127	9,653	11,845	14,531	18,254	21,644	23,903	25,486	26,141	28,646	28,966	29,417	28,375
	Higher Secondary Enrolment (Grades 11 - 12)	152		279	313	336	327	307	399	436	457	638	824	1,131	1,481	1,622	1,942	2,156	2,486	2,958
	Special Classes	-		2,933	2,071	2,088	2,048	2,146	*	15**	12**	48**	60**	58**	66**	76**	107**	102	107	152
Education Expenditure as % of National Budget		-					13	15	16	20	18	20	18	20	20	20	15	15	16	15
Student/Teacher Ratio		-					31	28	25	25	23	22	21	19	17	20	18	15	14	12
Gross Primary Enrolment Ratio		na	na	na	na	na	na	na	128	124	120	116	127	128	129	129	123	121	112	109
Gross Lower Secondary Enrolment Ratio		na	na	na	na	na	na	na	46	55	65	79	88	95	101	105	118	122	125	129
Gross Higher Secondary Enrolment Ratio		na	na	na	na	na	na	na	3	3	3	5	6	7	7	10	12	13	22	25
Net Primary Enrolment Ratio		na	na	na	na	na	na	na	100	99	99	98	98	100	100	100	100	105	99	101
Net Lower Secondary Enrolment Ratio		na	na	na	na	na	na	na	19	22	28	37	43	44	52	52	65	71	69	70
Net Higher Secondary Enrolment Ratio		na	na	na	na	na	na	na	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	4	7	8	4	6
Enrolment by Sex
Republic
	Both sexes	62,926	68,095	73,642	78,639	83,855	87,878	90,597	93,375	97,323	101,081	105,356	106,391	106,220	104,408	104,214	102,073	100,241	97,131	90,371
	Male	32,372	34,902	37,636	40,049	42,767	44,643	46,090	47,373	49,427	51,394	53,455	53,943	53,912	52,915	52,905	51,852	51,183	49,435	46,831
	Female	30,554	33,193	36,006	38,590	41,088	43,235	44,507	46,002	47,896	49,687	51,901	52,448	52,308	51,493	51,309	50,221	49,058	47,696	43,540
Male'		20,765	22,068	22,802	23,177	23,500	24,570	25,641	26,190	27,057	27,714	28,547	28,306	28,243	28,950	29,307	30,036	29,345	29,777	25,831
Atolls		42,161	46,027	50,840	55,462	60,355	63,308	64,956	67,185	70,266	73,367	76,809	78,085	77,977	75,458	74,907	72,037	70,896	67,354	64,540
Educational Institutions		263	265	262	265	264	262	263	264	272	284	301	314	322	315	337	334	349	342	232
Male'		22	20	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	22	22
Atolls		241	245	245	248	247	245	246	246	254	264	280	293	300	293	316	312	327	320	210
* Most students in special classes have been absorbed into the mainstream classes
** Physically handicapped students
*** 135 community schools were converted to government schools in 2005 due to educational policy change
1_/Total excludes the number of students in pre-primary and special classes