Programmes are being developed to encourage women and girls to take up science subjects. Although enrolment in these subjects is improving, the numbers for women and girls remain generally low.
|
Member States |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Female % |
|
Angola |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
Botswana |
2 725 |
1 977 |
748 |
27.4 |
|
DRC |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Lesotho |
1 033 |
753 |
280 |
27 |
|
Madagascar |
6 957 |
4 402 |
2 555 |
36.7 |
|
Malawi |
2 047 |
1 378 |
669 |
32.7 |
|
Mauritius |
4 105 |
2 534 |
1 571 |
38 |
|
Mozambique |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Namibia |
1 648 |
374 |
1 274 |
77 |
|
Seychelles |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
South Africa |
186 203 |
115 364 |
7 083 |
38 |
|
Swaziland |
387 |
274 |
113 |
29 |
|
Tanzania |
8 883 |
6 543 |
2 340 |
26.3 |
|
Zambia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Zimbabwe |
6 567 |
4 783 |
2 541 |
38.7 |
Source Southern African Regional Universities Association 2012 Higher Education. -No data