Convention on the Rights of the Child

Table 41

Girls’ education training courses and workshops delivered in 2007

Numbers targeted	Activities delivered
6 518	Training courses for education department personnel, social workers and parent council members on the importance of girls’ education
1 546	Training courses for instructors and women social workers on girls’ education
528	Training courses and workshops for parent council members on child-friendly schools
8 592	Total number of training course attendees

Table 42

Growth of girls’ enrolment in basic and secondary education during school years 2002/01–2008/09

Stage	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2008/09
Basic	1 314 387	1 427 208	1 530 306	1 622 022	1 607 779	1 760 672	1 828 775
Secondary	145 442	160 624	177 979	185 218	172 813	194 041	206 512
Total	1 459 829	1 587 832	1 708 285	1 807 240	1 780 592	1 954 713	2 035 287

Table 43

Comparison of basic education enrolment rates for males and females in 2001/02 and 2008/09

Years	Males	Females	Total	Ratio of females to males (%)	Absolute gap
2001/02	2 257 878	1 314 387	3 572 265	58.21	41.79
2008/09	2 498 675	1 828 775	4 327 540	73.19	26.81

Table 44

Total admissions for all ages to basic grade 1 during schools years 2001/02–2007/08, percentage of females to males and the gender gap²⁴

	Pupils of all ages admitted to basic grade 1			Total admission rate			Gender gap
Years	Males	Females	Total	Males %	Females %	Total %	Percentage of males to females	Total gender gap
2001/02	364 080	269 597	633 677	106.4	83.7	95.4	0.74	0.79
2002/03	386 078	290 380	676 458	12.5	89.9	101.6	0.75	0.80
2003/04	405 576	309 510	715 086	118.1	95.7	107.2	0.76	0.81
2004/05	416 893	334 683	751 576	121.2	103.4	112.6	0.80	0.85
2005/06	371 105	306 719	677 824	107.8	94.6	101.4	0.83	0.88
2006/07	390 359	335 082	725 441	113.2	103.2	108.4	0.86	0.91
2007/08	409 878	344 337	754 215	118.7	106.0	112.5	0.84	0.89