Primary education enrolment is over 91.5 per cent.

Gross enrolment in primary schools now averages 99 per cent.

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

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.

Low school enrolment rates.

7. Lowering the price of schooling

Source Household living standard Survey 1997 1998

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

Girl children are still unable to go to school.

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

Some encouraging results had been achieved for example, the rate of primary school enrolment and the level of access to health services had increased.

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.

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.

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

Research shows that early childhood development programs in Latin America lead to higher levels of school readiness, enrollment, and academic performance.

These programs have been shown to increase enrollment and attendance.

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

The Committee notes the State party's efforts to increase enrolment rates, both in primary and secondary education, through the national programmes spelled out in the Education Act.

In the education sector, 124 new universities have been opened nationwide, the adult literacy rate is nearly 94 per cent and primary school enrolment has reached 98 per cent.

In the area of education for all, net enrolment in primary education was 84.5 per cent in 2005 with 74.5 per cent being able to complete its full course.

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

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.

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

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

With respect to basic education, the key challenges identified included increasing enrolment, improving quality and performance and achieving greater gender parity in primary and secondary education.

Already in 1991, there were 49 girls in primary schools.

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

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.

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.

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.

Thus, the net enrolment in primary education increased to 62 per cent in the period 2001 2002, with most dramatic changes observed in Bangladesh, Benin, Eritrea, the Gambia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal and Togo.

Children between the ages of 5 and 12 attend primary school.

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.

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.

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.

Researchers who looked at early childhood development programs in Latin America have concluded that program participation is associated with improved school readiness, a higher probability of on time primary school enrollment, lower rates of grade repetition and dropout, and improved academic performance overall.

On page 33 of the report, it is stated that data on progress in enrolment in primary schools conceals large disparities between boys and girls, between urban and rural areas and between regions.

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

More money has been made available for broadening the range of technical subjects taught at primary schools.

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