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Figure 13: Mean Income by Education Level in Relation to GDP Per Capita .................... l Figure 14: Unmet Labor Demand as a Percentage of Employed in Selected TEVET Occupations........................................................................................................... li Figure 1.1: Trends and Projections of School Age Populations (1998–2018) ..................... 3 Figure 1.2: Evolution in Real GDP Per Capita (1987–2008).................................................. 7 Figure 2.1: Cross Sectional Schooling Profile with Revised Repetition Structure from IHS 2 ........................................................................................................................ 20 Figure 2.2: International Comparison for Gross Intake Rate and Primary Completion Rate (Access Rate to Grade 6 to Be Comparable Across Countries) ......................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 2.3: Percentage of People Who Have Ever Attended Primary School (by Age) ............................................................................................................................. 22 Figure 2.4: Probalistic Schooling Profile ............................................................................... 22 Figure 2.5: Evolution of Survival Profile in Primary and Secondary Education, 2003–2007 .......................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 2.6: Educational Pyramid for Malawi (2007) ........................................................... 25 Figure 2.7: Educational Pyramid for Sub Saharan Africa (2005/06) ................................. 25 Figure 3.1: Domestic Resources as a Percentage of GDP and Budget Allocation Towards Education, SSA Countries .............................................................................. 36 Figure 3.2: Evolution of the Distribution of Recurrent Expenditure by Level of Schooling ........................................................................................................................... 39 Figure 3.3: Distribution of Recurrent Expenditure by Level of Schooling, SADC Countries, (2008 or Last Available Year) ...................................................................... 41 Figure 3.4: Higher Education Public Recurrent Unit Costs, Sub Saharan Countries (2007 or last year available) .......................................................................... 44 Figure 3.5: Contribution of Public Financing by Level of Education (2007) .................... 48 Figure 4.1: Repetition Rate at Primary and Secondary Levels in SADC Countries (2006 or Closest Year) (in %) ........................................................................................... 61 Figure 4.2: Percentage of Students Reaching Literacy and Mathematics Competency Levels in Malawi (SACMEQ II) .............................................................. 65 Figure 4.3: Mean for the Reading and Mathematics Test Scores of Learners in All SACMEQ Countries (SACMEQ II) ................................................................................ 66 Figure 4.4: STR at the Primary Level, SADC Countries (2006 or Closest Year) .............. 81 Figure 4.5: Teacher Allocation in Government Funded Schools (2007) ........................... 83 Figure 4.6: STRs by Location (1999 and 2007) ...................................................................... 84 Figure 4.7: STR in Government Funded Primary Schools, by Division (2000 and 2007) ................................................................................................................................... 84 Map 4.1a: STR at the District Level ....................................................................................... 86 Map 4.1b: SqTR at the District Level ..................................................................................... 86 Figure 4.8: Relationship between the Wage Unit Cost and the Number of Students (School Level) at the Primary Level .............................................................. 95 Figure 4.9: Relationship between the Unit Cost (for Teachers and All School Staff) and the Number of Students at the Secondary Level ....................................... 96 Figure 4.10: Relation between PSLE Results and Spending on Cost per Student at the Primary Level (Government Funded Schools) ................................................. 97 Figure 5.1: Access to and Completion of the Different Levels by Gender ..................... 104