Republic of KIRIBATI MINISTRY of EDUCATION Digest of Education Statistics 2008 Digest of Education Statistics 2008 Republic of Kiribati Ministry of Education Digest of Education Statistics 2008 A publication of the MOE Statistics Unit © MOE 2008 Table of Contents Foreword by the Secretary of Education ........................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... 2 The MOE Annual School Survey ..................................................................................... 3 Section One: National Summary Statistics ........................................................................ 4 Our Schools .................................................................................................................. 4 Our Students ................................................................................................................ 6 Primary Education ..................................................................................................... 6 Junior Secondary Education ....................................................................................... 6 Senior Secondary Education ....................................................................................... 6 Our Teachers ................................................................................................................ 9 Section 2: Education For All Indicators ........................................................................... 12 EFA 1: Gross Enrolment Ratio - Early Childhood Education. ..................................... 12 EFA 2: Percentage of new entrants into Primary School who have attended Early Childhood Education (ECE) Programs ............................................................... 13 EFA 3: Gross Intake Rate.......................................................................................... 15 EFA 4: Net Intake Rate ............................................................................................. 15 EFA 5: Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) ......................................................................... 16 EFA 6: Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) ............................................................................ 16 EFA 7: Public Current Expenditure on Education ...................................................... 20 EFA 8: Public Expenditure on Each Education Sector as a Percentage of Total Expenditure on Education ............................................................................... 22 EFA 9: Percentage of Teachers Having the Required Academic Qualifications to Teach ............................................................................................ 23 EFA 10: Percentage of Teachers who are Certified to Teach According to National Standards .................................................................................................. 23 EFA 11: Pupil Teacher Ratio ..................................................................................... 24 EFA 12: Repetition Rates ......................................................................................... 25 EFA 13: Survival Rate to Class 5 ............................................................................... 26 EFA 14: Transition Rate from Class 6 to Form 1 ....................................................... 26 EFA 15: Transistion Rate from Form 3 to Form 4 ..................................................... 26 Section 3: Primary Schools ............................................................................................. 27 Enrolments ................................................................................................................. 27 District North .......................................................................................................... 27 District Central ........................................................................................................ 31 District South .......................................................................................................... 35 Linnix District ......................................................................................................... 40 Teachers .................................................................................................................... 43 District North .......................................................................................................... 43 District Central ........................................................................................................ 45 District South .......................................................................................................... 47 v Linnix District.......................................................................................................... 49 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 51 Classifying Schools .................................................................................................. 51 NIS 1: School Grounds ............................................................................................. 51 NIS 2: Classrooms ................................................................................................... 52 NIS 3: Maneaba ....................................................................................................... 53 NIS 4: Head Teacher Office ...................................................................................... 54 NIS 5: Staffroom ...................................................................................................... 55 NIS 6: Library .......................................................................................................... 56 NIS 7: Storeroom ..................................................................................................... 56 NIS 8: Teacher Housing ........................................................................................... 57 NIS 9. Furniture and Equipment ............................................................................... 57 NIS 10: Water Supply ............................................................................................... 58 NIS 11: Sanitation .................................................................................................... 58 Section Four: Junior Secondary Schools .......................................................................... 60 Enrolments .................................................................................................................... 60 District North .......................................................................................................... 60 District Central ........................................................................................................ 64 District South .......................................................................................................... 67 Linnix District.......................................................................................................... 70 Teachers .................................................................................................................... 73 District North .......................................................................................................... 73 District Central ........................................................................................................ 74 District South .......................................................................................................... 76 Linnix District.......................................................................................................... 78 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 80 Section Five: Senior Secondary Schools .......................................................................... 81 Enrolments .................................................................................................................... 81 District North .......................................................................................................... 81 District Central ........................................................................................................ 85 District South .......................................................................................................... 86 Linnix District.......................................................................................................... 87 Teachers .................................................................................................................... 89 District North .......................................................................................................... 89 District Central ........................................................................................................ 90 District South .......................................................................................................... 92 Linnix District.......................................................................................................... 94 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 96 Section Six: Kiribati Teachers College ...........................................................................