The Sacrificed Generation: Youth, History, and the Colonized Mind in Madagascar

Appendix 5. Enrollment Figures for Select Ambanja Schools

appendix five Enrollment Figures for Select Ambanja Schools (Primary, CEG, and Lycée, 1993-94, 1994-95) The bureaucratic sources for statistical data on education in the Sambirano change frequently . By 1994–95 they were as follows: Government of Madagascar, Firaisana of Ambanja : Fiches D’Enquéte Lycée, Programme de Renforcement du Système Educatif Malgache (PRESEM), Ministère de l’Education Nationale, Direction de l’Inspection Générale de l’Education Nationale, Direction de la Planification de l’Education, Direction des Ressources Humaines, Direction de l’Enseignement Secondaire. Enrollment Figures for Ambanja’s Largest State-Run Primary School 1994–95 Boys Girls Classe U.S. Grade Total Repeat Total Repeat Total Gender Difference 11ème first 79 (32) 90 (18) 169 11 more girls than boys 10ème second 71 (28) 78 (26) 149 7 more girls than boys 9ème third 47 (21) 78 (28) 125 31 more girls than boys 8ème fourth 104 (32) 133 (48) 237 29 more girls than boys 7ème fifth 52 (20) 75 (30) 127 23 more girls than boys Total students: 353 454 807 101 more girls than boys Number of students who passed the CEPE exam at the end of this school term: unknown; the national average is around 32–35%. Total Estimated Primary School Enrollments for the Sambirano: Institutional Category Pupils State-run Schools: 12,500 (this figure typifies enrollment figures (includes enrollment figures for in the 1990s; 1991–92, however, was exceptionally Ambanja’s largest primary school) high with a registration rate of over 17,000) Private Schools: 1,100–1,300 (licensed and unlicensed/remedial) Total: approximately 13,700 303 304 appendix five Enrollment Figures for Ambanja’s Largest State-Run Primary School By Class, Age, and Gender, 1994–1995 11ème 10ème 9ème 8ème 7ème Age Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls six 29 55 2 5 seven 30 17 7 17 1 eight 10 11 25 15 2 10 1 1 nine 7 2 15 19 10 24 6 4 ten 1 3 13 19 11 13 17 24 1 eleven 1 1 2 2 10 14 20 36 1 4 twelve 1 1 5 5 10 22 32 5 9 thirteen 1 1 3 19 20 16 17 fourteen 1 6 2 14 11 8 21 fifteen and over 1 2 1 5 5 22 23 Average Age:* 7.1 6.8 9 8.6 10.9 10.1 11.9 11.7 13.9 13.6 Totals: 79 90 71 78 47 78 104 133 52 75 ⫽ 807 pupils 169 149 125 237 127 * Age averages have been rounded to the nearest tenth. Also, all students who fall into the category of “fifteen or over” were computed as being fifteen years old when, in fact, several students may have been considerably older, especially in the 8ème and 7ème classes. enrollment figures for select ambanja schools 305 Enrollment Figures for Ambanja’s Largest State-Run Middle School (CEG ) 1993–1994 U.S. Boys Girls Grand Average* Classe Grade New Repeat Total New Repeat Total Totals Age 6ème 6th 41 (34) 75 21 (37) 58 133 15.3 5ème 7th 48 (10) 58 51 (6) 57 115 14.98 4ème 8th 25 (7) 32 29 (7) 36 68 15.89 3ème 9th 22 (14) 36 32 (21) 53 89 16.87 Totals: 136 (65) 201 133 (71) 204 405 * No tables were available that showed the breakdown of students’ individual ages. Number of students drawn from all of the Sambirano’s middle schools (both public and private) who sat for the BEPC exam the previous academic year (1992–93): 546 Those who passed: 26% (approximately 142 students) Total Estimated Middle School (CEG) Enrollments for the Sambirano: Institutional Category Pupils State-run CEGs: approximately 1,450 (includes enrollment figures for Ambanja’s CEG) Private Schools: (licensed and unlicensed/remedial) approximately 800 Total: approximately 2,250 Enrollment Figures for the State-Run Lycée Tsiraso I 1993–1994 U.S. Boys Girls Grand Average Classe Grade New Repeat Total New Repeat Total Totals Age Seconde 10th 26 (5) 31 5 (2) 7 38 18 Primière 11th 15 (8) 23 7 (0) 7 30 19.5 (Séries A & D) Terminale A 12th 5 (16) 21 11 (15) 26 47 20.5 (humanities & social sciences) Terminale D...