1.90 The repetition rate will have been reduced to an average of 3.77 per cent in the elementary cycle and 5.9 per cent in the preparatory cycle.

At the time of pregnancy, birth, and childcare, a woman has the right to maternity leave in the duration of one straight year.

Already, women aged 45 49 mostly uses female sterilization, a clear indication that women of this age prefer to stop rather than space their fertility.

1.88 The student teacher ratio in the elementary cycle will have been reduced to 32 1.

1.89 The student teacher ratio in the preparatory cycle will have been reduced to 25 1.

In 2001 the fertility rate in the country's poorest regions was 5.9 children per woman.

This mainly is caused by lack of access to the required information for both women and men and lack of participation of men in family planning as well as family planning counseling during the post natal period for both women and men.

During these six decades, much progress has been made in the areas of life expectancy, health, education and quality of life.

TGF Rates Global of Fertility

Women account for 54.4 per cent of all higher education students between 1996 and 2004, the number of women enrolled in higher education increased from 344,200 to 513,400.

The Ministry of Health carries out, on a regular basis, a program for active health protection of mothers and children that comprises activities in the field of family planning (education, visiting nurse services, visiting counseling services for family planning, prescription of contraceptives, etc.).

In 2003 2004, both in the Hebrew and the Arab education, most of the pupils studied in general public high schools.

In the near future, special work plans will be carried out for the implementation situation of the new national standard all over the country, and the implementation of the new national standard should be submitted to the Department of Sports Hygiene and Arts Education of the Ministry of Education within the year.

The difference between desired and actual fertility is wider among lower income women (whose desired and actual fertility rates are 3.8 and 5.5, respectively) than among higher income women (2.5 and 1.7, respectively).

1.85 The proportion of Palestine female student refugees in the basic education cycle will have increased to 51 per cent.

b) Ensure that women have equal access to health care services, information and education through out the life cycle

With regard to reproductive health, the region has the country's highest average total fertility rate (4.5), and over half (54.1 per cent) of the female population of childbearing age uses no contraception.

Early childhood education.

The fertility rate is high, at 6.6 children per woman.

For 2003, the birthrate indicator in Greece was 1.27 children per woman, the same as in 2002, while in 1980 it was 2.21 children per woman.

Focused reproductive health services to childbearing women through a life cycle approach at their doorsteps. This will ensure provision of Safe Motherhood facilities.

The use of sex hormones.

decrease in average number of household members, increase in number of extramarital children, increase in average age of mothers at child birth and first child birth, decrease in number of entered marriages, decrease in number of divorces.

Sex and Family Life Education

The fact that, during the transition, mortality reductions usually precede fertility reductions leads to a period of rapid population growth.

The Committee also calls upon HKSAR to introduce education on sexual and reproductive health in the school curriculum.

Two thirds of all students in special ed. remedial programs are guys.

Three NGOs are active in family life education', organising regular lectures, courses and workshops.

Birth Rates and Fertility Rates

Human rights education in early childhood.

Fertility rates had been reduced, family planning was practised and women had access to free birth control and counselling services in all institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Health.

The total fertility rate in 1995 2000 is estimated to be 6.1 children per woman in reproductive age, with the procreation ages being very precocity.

Article 33 of that law covers legal issues that encourage reproductive processes, the right of women to decide the question of maternity for themselves, and the provision of the appropriate medical services during pregnancy, childbirth, and the post natal period.

Based on the priority given problems involving the protection and improvement of the reproductive health of the populace, national and sector programmes have been under development since the mid 1990s that are geared to protecting and enhancing safe maternity through family planning.

Other key achievements include the successful pilot testing of the home based outreach strategy on early childhood the provision of safe water and sanitation hygiene promotion pre school education for disadvantaged children and use of the new growth chart.

Average fertility in the region is currently 2.5 children per woman.

The activity of primary education includes the upbringing and education of students of normal physical and mental development, and of students with disturbed psychological and or physical development, primary musical education, additional education of particularly gifted students, and primary education of adults (this is also the response to the fourth question).

In China, fertility is already well below 2 children per woman, whereas in India it is about 3 children per woman.

Family Planning

Fertility Research

If poverty reduction policies are to have a long term impact, progress in primary education is not sufficient efforts must also be augmented in the areas of secondary and higher education.

1.100 The drop out rate will have been reduced to an average of 0.38 per cent in the elementary cycle and 2.48 per cent in the preparatory cycle.

In schools where WFP is supporting a school feeding programme, deworming pills were distributed during training sessions on practical health and hygiene education.

Its statistics on women's health were characterized by very high population growth and fertility rates and low life expectancy.

1.2.2 Fertility, Reproduction and Mortality