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Chapter 8. Education2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateTable 8.5: Gross Enrollment Ratio by Sex, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Level Total Males Females Total Males FemalesElementary 92.0 91.8 92.2 93.0 92.1 94.0High School 81.0 75.9 86.6 77.6 77.6 84.5Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Census, unpublished dataEducational AttainmentEducational Attainment by Age and SexTable 8.6 summarizes data on educational attainment for the population aged 25 years and over. The absolute numbersof the population completing some level of education increased between 1980 and 2000. The proportion for personswith no schooling decreased from about 35 percent in 1980 to about 19 percent in 1994 and 18 percent in 2000. Thatis, in 1980 one in every three persons had no schooling, compared to one in five in 1994 and 2000. Also, theproportion of the population completing at least high school levels of education (high school and higher) increasedfrom around 22 percent in 1980 to about 46 percent in 1994 and 49 percent in 2000.In general, educational attainment for males also increased consistently between 1980, 1994 and 2000. The proportionof males with no schooling in 2000 was 15 percent, a decrease from over 29 percent in 1980 and about 16 percent in1994. The proportion with only elementary level attainment declined in 1994 and rose significantly in 2000. Theproportion with high school attainment increased significantly while that of college decreased. The decline in theproportion of males with only elementary level education between 1980 and 1994 could have possibly resulted from,among other things, the heavy out migration of working age males during the second half of the 1980s, many of whomemigrated to take jobs as laborers and may not have had higher level of education.Table 8.6: Educational Attainment for Age 25 Years and Over by Sex, Chuuk State: 1980, 1994 and 2000NumberPercentEducational attainment 1980 1994 2000 1980 1994 2000Total 12,754 18,553 19,980 100.0 100.0 100.0No school 4,415 3,553 3,561 34.6 19.2 17.8Pre-school/kindergarten -... 1,177 121 .-.. 6.3 0.6Elementary 5,508 5,328 6,743 43.2 28.7 33.7High school 2,094 5,570 6,821 16.4 30.0 34.1College 737 2,925 2,734 5.8 15.8 13.7Males 6,381 9,241 9,788 100.0 100.0 100.0No school 1,868 1,438 1472 29.3 15.6 15.0Pre-school/kindergarten -... 508 57 .-.. 5.5 0.6Elementary 2,530 2,191 2904 39.6 23.7 29.7High school 1,416 3,075 3613 22.2 33.3 36.9College 567 2,029 1742 8.9 22.0 17.8Females 6,373 9,312 10,192 100.0 100.0 100.0No School 2,547 2,115 2089 40.0 22.7 20.5Pre-School/Kindergarten -... 669 64 .-.. 7.2 0.6Elementary 2,978 3,137 3839 46.7 33.7 37.7High School 678 2,495 3208 10.6 26.8 31.5College 170 896 992 2.7 9.6 9.7Source: 1980 TTPI Census, Table T35; 1994 FSM Census, Table P24; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-12.The improvement in educational attainment for females in Chuuk State was more pronounced. The proportion offemales with no schooling was 21 percent in 2000, a drop from 40 percent in 1980 and about 23 percent in 1994. Inother words, in 1980 two women in every five had no grade completed compared to about one in five, in 1994 and2000. This improvement held true for higher education levels, as well. The proportion of females with at least a highschool education increased from about 13 percent in 1980 to over 36 percent in 1994 to 41 percent in 2000. Theproportion of females with some college education also increased by about seven percentage points (from about 3 toabout 10 percent) over the period of a decade and a half.Table 8.7 further presents the cumulative percentage distribution of the population aged 25 years and over by thehighest grade completed. Cumulative percentage provides the proportion of the population with at least a given levelof educational attainment. In 2000 about 82 percent of the population aged 25 years and over had some level ofeducation as opposed to 75 percent in 1994. The population with at least elementary level education constituted about58 percent in 1994 and 63 percent in 2000. Likewise, the proportion of the population with high school or higher-leveleducation was about 16 percent in 1994 and 14 percent in 2000. While the attainment at lower levels of educationcould be considered somewhat satisfactory, higher-level educational attainment in Chuuk State could be improved.68 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs