4.5.1 Gender parity index in education[1]
Compared to 2010 the gender parity index in the country in 2019 increased from 0.846 up to 0.878 in pre-school education, from 0.859 up to 0.876 in general education, and from 0.838 up to 0.949 in higher education.
In 2010-2019, the number of boys in preschool educational institutions increased by 12.2 percent from 61,140 boys to 68,610 boys, and the number of girls increased by 16.4 percent from 51,752 girls to 60,216 girls, the number of boys in general educational institutions increased by 20.7 percent from 713,970 boys to 862,099 boys, and the number of girls increased by 23.1 percent from 613,562 girls to 755,039 girls, the number of boys in higher educational institutions increased by 25.4 percent from 79,067 boys to 99,125 boys, and the number of girls increased by 42.0 percent from 66,248 girls to 94,042 girls.
During the reviewed period this indicator for pre-school education rose from 0.827 up to 0.877 in urban areas, and fall from 0.902 to 0.879 in rural areas. The indicator for general education increased from 0.831 to 0.864 in urban areas, and fall from 0.895 to 0.894 in rural areas.
[1] In The UN Global Indicator Frameworak this indicator defined as "4.5.1 Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated". The indicator given in the publication is represented as proportion population in a given age group achiving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy skills by sex, calculated based on the official statistics data and presented in publication.