The charts describe the ratio of girls to boys in three levels of education from 1990 to 2000 and the

target for year 2005. In general, the number of girls per 100 boys rose in all levels of education in both groups of countries, with the figure for developed countries always outnumbering those for the other group. Clearly, there was a similar picture in the figure for primary and secondary education where the number of girls per 100 boys always under 100. The figure for secondary education in developing countries grew from around 70 to just over 80 girls per 100 boys while that ratio in developed nations witnessed a higher number which is nearly equal to 100 girls. Meanwhile, third level education saw an opposite in the figure for developing nations and developed countries. Particularly, only in developing nations did we see a quite modest quantity about 65 students in 1990 to approximate 75 girls per 100 boys in 2000. However, this is developed countries in highersecondary education that the number of girls exceeded that of boys with the former rising from just over 100 in 1990 to about 110 girls per 100 boys. Therefore the target for 2005 is to balance the number of girls per 100 boys in the ratio of 1 to 1.