Low school enrolment rates.

7. Lowering the price of schooling

Source Household living standard Survey 1997 1998

Girl children are still unable to go to school.

Primary education enrolment is over 91.5 per cent.

Gross enrolment in primary schools now averages 99 per cent.

Among the younger population, the proportion of literate women was almost equal to that of men.

These programs have been shown to increase enrollment and attendance.

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

One knows, however, that this is directly linked to lack of schooling.

In rural Pakistan, remittances are associated with higher school enrollment, especially for girls.

Poverty has deprived more than 100 million children of the opportunity of going to primary school.

Similarly, literacy rates or school enrolment ratios represent freedom from ignorance and the lack of education.

They are not to be denied admission to or expelled from schools or training programs on the grounds of leprosy.

In Nicaragua, these programs have increased school enrollment rates by about 13 percentage points.

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

A survey conducted among primary school girls indicated that they wanted to attend secondary school.

The adult literacy rate is now almost 95 , and secondary school enrollment rates are up to 80 .

Schools must be made more accessible to all, regardless of social and economic background.

In 2004 school enrollment was more than that of many other African countries.

In fact, the school enrolment rate is 20.63 per cent for girls and 36.21 per cent for boys.

One such form of intervention had been the introduction of free primary education, which had resulted in a spectacular increase of enrolment rates.

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

She was also a staunch secularist who established a foundation to provide scholarships to young girls so they could attend school.

These programs have successfully increased secondary school enrollment in countries like Mexico, Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.

(e) To increase enrolment rates and reduce repetition and dropout rates and ensure that all children have effective access to primary education free of charge

In 1994 the net enrolment rate for boys was 75 per cent, compared with 67.1 per cent for girls.

These programs have helped to increase school enrollment and attendance and they also have shown improvements in children's health conditions.

The Committee is also concerned that, owing to the entrance examination system, not all students are guaranteed entry into the free public secondary schools.

The absence of a residence permit deprives them of health and social services and prevents children from attending Israeli public schools.

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

Improving water and sanitation facilities in schools could help in reducing the current gender gap in school enrolment.

As a result of the increased investment in girls' education, and greater parental awareness of the importance of educating girls, the literacy rate among women was 94 per cent, and women continued to outnumber men in terms of school enrolment.

Education The era of king Hussein of Jordan saw increased school enrollment rates, which resulted in a rapid rise in the literacy rate in Jordan.

In spite of this, more than 30,000 boys and girls of primary school age are not currently enrolled in school.

The demographic dispersion of indigenous peoples and the lack of adequate transport often makes it hard for children to attend the few schools that do exist in indigenous areas.

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.

But simply narrowing the gaps in school enrollment rates and total years of schooling is not enough. Countries must also ensure the quality of their education systems a key challenge for the coming decades.

After attending high school in New Jersey, he went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1940.

The success achieved in raising awareness of gender issues and the sustained efforts for increasing the schooling rate of girls deserve particular attention.

The Roma community in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a victim of inherited discrimination, which contributed to the widespread poverty, unemployment, homelessness and lack of access to education.

(f) To prevent and eliminate gender and urban rural disparities in school attendance and completion rates

Those programmes had helped increase enrolment figures and achieve a literacy rate of 92.5 per cent for boys and 87.9 per cent for girls.

India s 2011 Annual Status of Education Report showed that in 2005 2008, private school enrollment increased by 38 .

In the area of ensuring education for all, according to our estimates, by 2015, net enrolment in primary level education will be 84.5 per cent.