However, almost 36% of pretrial detainees say they never received any formal education. This contrasts with 24% of the Guinean urban male population who have no formal education, according to the 2005 9 Guinea Demographic and Health Survey (EDSG-III). This suggests that pretrial detainees are more likely than the average urban male person to have no education. This trend seems to be more pronounced in Conakry than in N’zérékoré.
N’zérékoré has, on average, a lower level of educational attainment compared to Conakry and urban Guinea, and this is also reflected in the detainee sample. Figure 2 shows that 31% of those arrested in Conakry compared to 23% of the Conakry population have no education, whereas in N’zérékoré 42% in detention have no education compared to 46% in the general population.
FIGURE 2 Proportion of pretrial detainees without education compared to the general male population (2005) No education
ESDG-III (2005) N’zérékoré (male)
46%
Detainees N’zérékoré
18
54%
42%
ESDG-III (2005) Conakry (male)
58%
23%
Detainees
77%
31%
Conakry 0%
Some education
20%
69%
40%
60%
80%
100%