Education is free and, theoretically, compulsory for six years of primary schooling starting at age 6, but in 1996, the latest year for which figures are available, only 38.5 % of primary school-aged children attended school. Only 14.1 % of the teenage population attended secondary school. In 2001 only 84.9 % of Djibouti’s adult population was literate. Djibouti has no colleges or universities.