Between 1960 and 1990, enrolment in primary and secondary school had vastly increased.

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.

Bangladesh has one of the highest primary school enrolment rates in the developing world.

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

The adult literacy rate was 68 per cent and primary school enrolment was 90 per cent.

A third programme provided income to mothers whose children were in school and had pushed primary school enrolment to 98 per cent.

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

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.

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

The national plan of action on education set the goal of universal enrolment in primary school by 2015.

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

Education enrolment has been successfully completed for 150,000 children, but at least 50 per cent of primary school children are not still in school.

(b) School enrolment rates

Enrolment in indigenous primary education

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.

The percentage of indigenous children enrolled in primary school is 11.3, while the national enrolment rate is 85 per cent.

Table 25. School enrolment, 1993

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.

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.

Following the announcement by President Nkurunziza on 26 August that primary education would be free in Burundi, a significant increase in the enrolment of primary school students was recorded in September.

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.

(e) Enrolment to rise in the Sahel , a report on ways to reverse declining or stagnating trends in primary school enrolment in seven Sahelian countries, including Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Guinea (vol. 11, No. 4)

ENROLMENT IN BASIC PRIMARY EDUCATION BY SEX, 1981 1994

Enrolment in primary education is high in Sri Lanka.

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.

There is also concern at the low primary school enrolment rate across southern and central Iraq which, according to MICS, stands at 73 per cent of children aged 6 to 11 years. This suggests that around one quarter of primary school age children are not in school at all.

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.

Primary school net enrolment has steadily increased to reach 91 per cent, with 96 per cent in urban areas and 85 per cent in rural areas.

CTPSF Technical Unit for the Promotion of School Enrolment

Completed primary school

Primary bilingual school

Inter school union for primary school pupils

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.

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.

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.

Inter school union for post primary school pupils

primary school grade, 1990

School head teachers Primary

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

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