Silobela Constituency Profile - Parliament of Zimbabwe

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The graph above shows that the distribution of population at constituency level reflects the provincial demographic distribution of more females to males. As shown by the graph below, most wards have more females to males. All of the constituency wards has a population above 1 800 people. Figure 2: Population Distribution by Ward Ward 25 has the highest number of registered voters while ward 26 has the least. There is a slight relationship between population distribution and distribution of registered voters in the constituency. A significant drop had been registered in election participation from 21 061 voters in 2005 to 11 544 in 2008. 3.0 Education 3.1 Primary Education In Zimbabwe there are high levels of primary school enrolments, net enrolment ratio (NER) increased from 81.9% in 1994, peaking at 98.5% in 2002. Council schools enrol about 61% of the population whilst government schools are the second largest enroller of about 24%. Gender equality Silobela Constituency Profile Page 4
at primary schools is also good. However, quality of education deteriorated between 1990 and 2009 due to the harsh economic environment that was prevailing in the country. About 17% of the pupils walk more than 5km to attain primary education in Midlands Province. Silobela Constituency has 30 primary schools, enrolling a total of 17 597 pupils. About 8 711(49.50%) of the pupils are girls whilst boys constitute a total of 8 886(50.50%) of the total enrolment. There are 487 teachers (both trained and untrained) in the constituency and the constituency pupil to teacher ratio stood at 37:1 which is above the national average. The primary teaching staff complement consists of 202 male teachers and 285 female teachers. Figure 3: Primary School Enrolment by Ward Generally, the graph above shows that more girls are enrolled at primary schools than boys, though the differences might be slight in other wards. All the constituency wards enroll at least 1 000 pupils serve for ward 26. Statistics also show that, of the total teaching staff, 430 are certified teachers. Table 1: Primary School Statistics Ward Schools Boys Girls Total Trained Teachers Ward 4 7 1351 1380 2731 74 Ward 5 5 1051 970 2021 40 Ward 15 6 710 728 1438 35 Ward 17 5 1115 1051 2166 52 Silobela Constituency Profile Page 5
Page 1 and 2: 2011 Parliament Research Department
Page 3: 1.0 Introduction Silobela is a rura
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Page 9 and 10: Figure 6: Number of Dip Tanks by Wa
Page 11 and 12: Ward Ward Name Boreholes Functional
Page 13: Bibliography 1. Central Statistical

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