Torba_Factsheet

Education
Table 1: Summary statistics
VANUATU TORBA %
School Attendance 72,737 2,765 3.8
Sex Ratio 108 105
Attendance by Educational Level
Primary 60,707 2,471 4.1
Secondary 10,134 280 2.8
Tertiary 844 2 0.2
Post Secondary 1,052 12 1.1
Not Attending by School Age (4-19 yrs) 25,264 1,068 4.2
Figure 2: Sex Ratio of currently attending population
127
122 118
114
105
104 101
77
The 2016 Mini Census questionnaire includes 2 questions
pertaining to School Attendance. This applies to any
person living in the household who had attended school
or not. A person is considered to be involved in
education if, during the survey week they attended any
form of education either full time or part time.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Figure 1 shows that majority of age 9 to 13 years old
attended school during census period. Overall as the age
increases, the number of population that attended
school decreases.
Figure 1: Currently Attending School by age
1,117 1,159
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
Torba statistics of children that attended school shows
that majority of the students fall in the Primary Level
with over 2,400 children (Table 2).
The Area Council with most primary students are from
Vanua Lava with 731 students followed by Gaua with 595
students. Merelava, Mota and Ureparapara had over 100
primary students attending. Motalava and Torres had
371 and 267 students attending Primary Schools.
Table 2: Education Level by Area Council
Education level - Total
Area Council Total Primary Secondary Tertiary
TORBA 2,765 2,471 280 14
465
22 2
4-8 9-13 14-18 19-23 24-30
Age Group
SEX RATIO
The sex ratio is simply the ratio of males to females in a
population. The data is based on students currently
attending school. In Torba Province, for every 100
females attending school there are 5 males more.
Vanua Lava 889 731 154 4
Gaua 634 595 33 6
Motalava 452 371 79 2
Torres 279 267 12 -
Merelava 190 188 2 -
Mota 180 178 - 2
Ureparapara 141 141 - -
Note:
‣ Primary includes Preschool
‣ Tertiary includes Post-Secondary
Figure 2 shows that Ureparapara Area Council had the
highest ratio of males attending school with 127 males to
100 females. Most of the area councils in Torba had
more males than females attending school except for
Motalava Area council with a ratio of 77 males to 100
females that attended school.
2016 Population and Housing Mini Census
Facts & Figures
TORBA PROVINCE