Convention on the Rights of the Child

Table 39

Number of students in the 10–20 age group enrolled in alphabetic literacy centres in school years 2001/02–2007/08

Years	Males	Females	Total	Percentage of total students
2001/02	33 649	28 582	33 649	37.08
2002/03	38 516	33 777	38 516	35.41
2003/04	44 535	38 466	44 535	40.01
2004/05	44 222	40 591	44 222	32.83
2005/06	44 766	41 211	44 766	36.00
2006/07	34 824	31 938	34 824	27.09
2007/08	51 628	47 864	51 628	30.85

Table 40

Growth in numbers of literacy centre personnel during school years 2001/02–2007/08

	Teachers			Mentors			Administrators and supervisors
Years	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Grand total
2001/02	4 316	3 487	829	359	139	220	1 471	414	1 057	5 876
2002/03	4 903	3 973	930	378	97	281	1 520	388	1 132	6 653
2003/04	5 552	4 516	1 036	459	132	327	1 703	449	1 257	7 556
2004/05	5 836	4 976	860	572	157	415	1 959	518	1 441	8 554
2005/06	6 264	5 324	940	533	149	384	1 848	526	1 318	8 550
2006/07	1 176	5 166	780	6 848	928	6 556	12 841	7 304	7 417	3 238
2007/08	7 140	6 457	683	488	130	358	1 951	612	1 339	9 456