Female enrolment in middle school and high school rose considerably between 1994 and 1998 but remained significantly lower than male enrolment.

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.

CTPSF Technical Unit for the Promotion of School Enrolment

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.

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.

Youth also recommend moving from data collection focused mainly on school enrolment to gathering information on school dropout rates.

School enrolment rates returned to the pre conflict level of around 25 per cent.

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.

Enrolment of school age ethnic minority children has increased to between 85 and 90 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.

(b) Development of school administration and empowering it to supervise the processes of school enrolment, and efforts to monitor the enrolment of marginalized groups, particularly in education, and adopting the requirements of local communities to the characteristics of the pupils of those areas.

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

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

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.

For example, a survey of education in Yemen in 1997 1998 found that only 20 per cent of teachers in rural areas were women and identified this fact as a major deterrent to girls' enrolment and retention in school in rural areas.27 Reduction or abolition of school fees and special monetary incentives have resulted in increases in school enrolment of girls.

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

For example, school enrolment for girls had increased from 33.4 per cent in 1995 1996 to 53.6 per cent in 2005 2006.

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.

However, the need has also become apparent for careful advance planning for dealing with surges in enrolment following the abolition of school fees.

The index could measure literacy, the rates of enrolment of students in secondary school, youth employment and the marginalization of specific youth groups.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

In the developing world, progress is especially notable in contraceptive use and school enrolment rates, but little has been done worldwide to save women's lives.

Somalia has the sixth highest infant mortality rate in the world and enrolment for school age children is just 22 per cent, according to UNICEF representatives.

Nevertheless, we would like to stress four areas school enrolment, young people in high risk situations, retention of skilled personnel and investment in science and technology.

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.

In parts of the Middle East, the lack of post school opportunities and of life skills among adolescent girls tends to offset the high levels of enrolment.

A Schools for Africa initiative, managed by UNICEF and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, aims to boost enrolment through school construction in rural areas in six African countries.

Together with the private sector, for example, the Netherlands and Ghana will take up an idea of the Hunger Task Force to support a school feeding programme that will increase school enrolment, reduce hunger and strengthen the local economy.

The recent free education initiative of President Nkurunziza led to the enrolment of 550,000 children for the school year 2005 06, reportedly 300,000 more than the previous year.

The Committee noted the information provided by the Government regarding girl's partial or total exemption from school fees and the programmes to increase the enrolment rate of girls.

In fact, the school enrolment rate is 20.63 per cent for girls and 36.21 per cent for boys. The female illiteracy rate is a staggering 92 per cent.

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.

Enrolment in secondary schools is made on the basis of an open competition and enrolment a qualification exam in June and an additional August enrolment term.

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.

In the field of education, Paraguay has significantly reduced illiteracy and increased school enrolment, and will continue to reduce the deficit in and improve the quality of basic and primary education.

The roughly 100 per cent increase in enrolment in grade 1 for the 2005 06 school year resulted in teachers having to look after more than 150 children in one class.

We removed school fees for primary education, and the net enrolment rate increased from 58.8 per cent in 2000 to 90.5 per cent last year and gender parity has been attained.

The provision of quality education remained a serious challenge, and the current policy addressed such issues as poor school attendance, enrolment and dropout at all levels, as well as gender balance.