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Chapter 8. Education2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateVocational TrainingThe 2000 census obtained data on vocational training for all persons aged 15 years and over from responses toquestionnaire item 18. "Vocational training" denotes a school program designed to prepare a person for work in aspecific occupational field. Persons were counted as having completed vocational training if they completed therequirements for a vocational training program at a trade school, business school, hospital, some other kind of schoolfor occupational training, or place of work.Vocational training included training in vocational fields such as carpentry, electronics, nursing, or accounting if abachelor's degree would not be granted for the training. Training at place of work includes programs designed to teachnew skills. Individual courses for personal enrichment, such as a single typing course, were not considered vocationaltraining. Job Corps training and correspondence courses were included. The types of training not included werecollege courses applicable towards a bachelor's degree, single courses not part of an organized program, on-the-jobtraining, and Armed Forces basic training.Limitations and Comparability. School enrollment and educational attainment questions have been included in allcensuses conducted in Chuuk State since 1973. The pertinent question in each census referred to the status of schoolattendance during a specific reference period and to the highest grade completed. All reference periods coincided toschooling seasons, but not to the same months. The age range for which enrollment data were obtained and publishedalso varied between censuses. For 1973, census information on enrollment was recorded for persons aged 4 years andover while the 2000, 1994 and 1980 Censuses recorded information on enrollment for persons aged 3 years and over.Because of this and differences in reference period, comparison of school enrollment has to be considered cautiously.There are no obvious limitations of the school enrollment and educational attainment data collected in the 2000 censusof Chuuk. Information on type of school was collected in Chuuk only during the 1973, 1980, 1994 and 2000 Censuses.Also, vocational training questions were asked only in the 1980, 1994 and 2000 Censuses. The 1980 Census had oneadditional question on specific type of school while the 1994 and 2000 census provided additional information onwhether the training was inside or outside Chuuk State.Analysis of Education DataSchool EnrollmentSchool Attendance by Level of EnrollmentThe number of persons attending school in the state of Chuuk decreased between 1994 and 2000 although it had beencontinuously increasing since 1973 (Table 8.1). This decrease was evident only for elementary and preschool/kindergartenschool enrollment. High school and college enrollment increased, and the number of studentsenrolled in public high schools increased while that of private high schools decreased.Table 8.1: School Attendance for Age 3 Years and Over by Level and Type, Chuuk State: 1973 to 2000NumberPercent changeLevel and Type 1973 1 1980 1994 2000 '73*-'80 '80-'94 94-'00Total enrollment 10,175 11,138 17,601 17,082 1.2 2.6 (0.5)Pre-school/kindergarten ... 322 960 823 --- 4.7 (2.8)Public ... 239 831 722 --- 5.1 (2.5)Private ... 83 129 101 --- 2.5 (4.6)Elementary 8,346 8,481 11,645 10,992 0.2 1.9 (1.0)Public ... 7,956 10,650 10,245 --- 1.8 (0.7)Private ... 525 995 747 --- 3.4 (5.5)High school 1,819 1,985 4,380 4,573 1.2 3.9 0.7Public ... 1,902 3,741 4,091 --- 3.5 1.4Private ... 83 639 482 --- 6.2 (5.4)College 10 350 616 694 13.9 3.1 1.9Source: 1973 TTPI Census, Table T12A; 1980 TTPI Census, Table T34; 1994 FSM Census, Table P24; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-12.Note:1 . No breakdown by type and covered ages 4 to 30 years.Table 8.2 presents data on school attendance by sex for census years 1994 and 2000. In both census years, the sex ratioof total males per 100 females shows more males in school than females. There were more males than femalesenrolled at the pre-school and elementary levels. While there were more females than males enrolled at the private preschooland private elementary school levels, males were more likely to be enrolled in the public pre-school and publicelementary school levels. Females’ enrollment at high school level significantly outnumbered males’ enrollmentduring both years, and in 2000 females enrolled in college outnumbered males though it was the opposite in 1994. The64 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs