While population rises, the number of students in educational institutions of all types taken together fell 2.4 percent at the beginning of academic year 2009-2010 from the figure in the previous year. Excluding Mongolians studying abroad and those attending evening classes, this number stood at 841,100, a drop of 20,700 in a year. Girls were 52.1 percent in kindergartens, 50.3 percent in general educational schools, 50.3 percent in technical and vocational schools, and 47.0 percent in universities and colleges.