Kenya - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in Kenya was 57.82 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 61.91 in 2007, while its lowest value was 23.02 in 1975.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 28.94
1971 28.59
1972 27.18
1973 27.85
1974 27.59
1975 23.02
1980 36.00
1981 38.96
1982 39.82
1983 40.20
1984 27.84
1985 30.36
1986 33.76
1987 35.08
1988 34.91
1999 39.00
2000 29.20
2001 25.34
2002 30.38
2003 31.98
2004 41.96
2005 51.94
2006 61.91
2007 61.91
2008 59.07
2009 57.82

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation