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Grade 5 Reading performance by school locality

Grade 5 Reading mean performance by school locality

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in reading by school locality, PNG, PILNA 2021.

Over 80% of grade five students are enrolled in schools in non-urban areas. Figure CRF5.7 shows the average performance of grade five students in reading by school locality. Grade five students in urban schools achieved higher results in reading on average than those in non-urban schools in 2021. This is similar to the performance observed in the 2015 and 2018 PILNA cycles, see Figure CRF5.8.

Grade 5 Reading mean performance by school locality over time

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in reading by school locality, PNG, PILNA 2015, 2018 and 2021.