Primary education enrolment is over 91.5 per cent.

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

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

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.

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.

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.

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

Gross enrolment in primary schools now averages 99 per cent.

α Source UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Education Sector, Excel File Primary_Secondary_WGE_9802, Worksheets Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), avr 05 Net Enrolment Ratio (NER), avr 05

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.

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.

These programs have been shown to increase enrollment and attendance.

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.

Thanks to new schools, new teachers and free basic education, school attendance has risen from 67 per cent to 82 per cent in three years.

Through educational reforms begun in the 1980s, school enrolment had now reached 97 per cent at the compulsory levels, a total of eight years.

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

Access to primary schooling is below 50 per cent in some provinces such as Kirundo, Muyinga, Rutana and Ruyigi, and in some rural areas attendance rates reach only 35 per cent.

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.

Among the reasons for the low school enrolment in rural areas are insufficient learning spaces that are close to home and inadequate teachers, in terms of both quality and quantity, especially among female teachers.

The low school attendance of the Roma (gypsy) group of children is a serious problem.

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.

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.

Only a very small share of the population can afford education at such colleges.

She concurred on the central importance of the education of women and girls, noting that Chad was one of the countries where the enrollment gap between boys and girls had not been bridged.

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.

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.