The Committee notes with concern, however, the very low enrolment of children in pre school and primary school and the even lower enrolment in secondary school, in particular of girls.

Within a decade, the primary school enrolment rate had more than doubled to 70 per cent.

In Kuwait, there was a high literacy and school enrolment rate for girls and women, who represented more than 50 per cent of primary and secondary school enrolment, and more than 37 per cent of enrolment at the university level.

Primary school enrolment in Kenya has also increased tremendously due to the implementation of free primary education programmes in the last two years.

Such programmes contribute to higher primary school enrolment and completion rates, and to the retention of female teachers.

Bangladesh had the highest primary school enrolment rates in the developing world and had already achieved gender parity in both primary and secondary schools.

While a significant campaign to increase primary school enrolment has raised the enrolment of girls to almost 40 per cent, compared to 67 per cent for boys, overall school enrolment among girls remains among the lowest in the world, with less than 10 per cent of girls enrolled in secondary school.

Low school enrolment rates.

Also, there are 1,306 Public Daycare Centres with a capacity for 78,000 children (aged from 2 ½ years to their enrolment to primary school) and 132 Daycare Centres for infants and children, with a capacity of 10,000 children, aged from 8 months to their age of enrolment to primary school.

Millions of children will be beyond the age of primary school enrolment when the necessary financial support for education is delivered.

Sixthly, we have had laudable successes in key social sectors. Bangladesh has one of the highest primary school enrolment rates in the developing world. Most importantly, we have achieved gender parity in enrolment at the primary and lower secondary levels.

The 2004 2007 Education Plan therefore aims to achieve a net enrolment rate of 75 per cent at the pre primary and 100 per cent at the primary school level.

Primary education enrolment is over 91.5 per cent.

Female enrolment in middle school and high school rose considerably between 1994 and 1998 but remained significantly lower than male enrolment.

During the 2003 2004 school year, the net primary enrolment rate was 94.4 per cent, while the completion rate rose to 99.82 per cent.

A significant push to increase primary school enrolments has raised the enrolment of boys to 67 per cent and girls to almost 40 per cent.

Primary school Methodist Primary School, Ogui, Enugu 1963 1966.

Gross enrolment in primary schools now averages 99 per cent.

We have performed beyond the targets set in the following areas the provision of safe drinking water primary school enrolment HIV AIDS and reducing poverty levels.

Please provide information on the percentage of enrolment of girls and boys in the primary school and drop out rates respectively, both in urban and rural areas.

More children of school going age are entering school, as reflected by the modest gain in the primary school gross enrolment rate, which increased from 75.7 per cent in 1999 to 79.5 per cent in 2002 and 81.1 in 2003.

Primary school enrolment had increased to 86 per cent in the 2003 04 academic year although some gender disparity still existed, with enrolment rates for girls and boys being 83 per cent and 89 per cent respectively in 2003 2004.

Boasting universal literacy and 100 per cent official enrolment, the DPRK has successfully established an extensive primary and secondary school system as well as institutions for higher learning.

Through that programme, the enrolment of pupils in primary schools increased tremendously.

However, these figures are very low compared with primary school enrolment rates, particularly in the north and north west (regions with predominantly indigenous populations) where enrolment in the basic and specialized cycles is below 15 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.

There is no major difference in the number of female and male enrolment in primary school in both public and private sectors during the last 10 years (1993 2002).

There are six public primary schools, one private assisted primary school and one private school.

In the field of education, Paraguay has significantly reduced illiteracy and increased school enrolment, and will continue to reduce the deficit in and improve the quality of basic and primary education.

We removed school fees for primary education, and the net enrolment rate increased from 58.8 per cent in 2000 to 90.5 per cent last year and gender parity has been attained.

10.9 The duration of enrolment in a pre school is two years.

Completed primary school during the Nigerian Civil War at St. Paul's Primary School, Nkwerre 1967 1970

Youth also recommend moving from data collection focused mainly on school enrolment to gathering information on school dropout rates.

School enrolment rates returned to the pre conflict level of around 25 per cent.

What's more, it's a primary school.

Almost 99 of children that enroll in first grade of primary school successfully reach the fifth grade of primary school.

However, it is concerned that enrolment and literacy levels are still low, particularly in secondary and pre primary education, and that there is a significant disparity between the number of boys and girls attending school.

Students are enrolled into secondary school after a successfully completed primary school.

Furthermore a Ten Year Programme for the Development of Education (PRODEC) aims to raise the primary school enrolment rate to 95 per cent by 2010 and to raise standards in learning, girls' education, health and hygiene.

Besides regular elementary school, there also exist special primary schools and institutes, parallel primary schools (for music and ballet), and the school for the primary education of adults.

Students at Hongban Primary School enjoy lunch.

Primary School T Jukun Zaria, 1971 1972

Enrolment of school age ethnic minority children has increased to between 85 and 90 per cent.

Consequently, it had already achieved the Goal for primary education, with a net enrolment of 98.3 per cent.

However, school enrolment among Afghan girls remains among the lowest in the world, with less than 10 percent of girls enrolled in secondary school.

Pupils remain at primary school for seven years.