Educational Statistics via SeneGAD
- Adult literacy rate: men 51%, females 29%
- Primary school enrollment ratio: male 78%, females 74%
- Primary school attendance ratio: male 71%; females 67%
- Secondary school enrollment ratio: male 22%, females 16%
- Enrollment rates for boys were 84.4% versus 80.6% for girls. However, the dropout rate is higher for girls. The school dropout rate among 7-14 year olds is 7.2% for boys and 9.7% for girls
- 2005, IMF
- Only 28.2% of the female population is literate, although for female youth aged 15-24, it has increased to 41%
- 2005, World Bank Statistics
- Primary completion rates (for percentage of relevant age group) 49% for boys, 42% for girls
- 2004, WB
- 77% of Senegalese women are illiterate
- 55% of elementary school age girls are enrolled in school
- 23.8% of technical training school students are girl
- 1995, IMF
- 73.3% of adult women are illiterate (15+)
- 53.6% of adult men are illiterate (15+)
- 27% of women 15-24 are illiterate
- 18% of men 15-4 are illiterate
- 54% of elementary-age girls are enrolled in school
- 64% of elementary-age boys are enrolled in school
- 13% of secondary-age girls are enrolled in school
- 21% of secondary-age boys are enrolled in school
- 4: expected years of schooling for girls
- 6: expected years of schooling for boys
- 1999, World Bank
- 55% of school age girls attend school (national)
- 52.9% of school-age girls attend school (Kolda & Tambacounda)
- 2001, SCOFI
I found these statistics on the SeneGAD website. Here is a little blurb about them.
SeneGAD began in the early 1980s as a secondary project of Peace Corps volunteers, under the name WID (Women in Development). The original mission and philosophy have changed slightly. The current GAD approach focuses on the social, economic, political and cultural forces that determine how men and women participate in, benefit from and control project resources and activities differently.
3 comments:
I am starting to take major issue with the development agencies' approach to education of women... they frame it as "good for development" and "good for the environment" because an educated woman is more likely to have less children. I do not think overpopulation is the cause of environmental degradation, but how we use our natural resources. I do think that both developed and developing countries are responsible for improving natural resource management, but all the hullabullo about overpopulation seems to be a way the US can shift the blame for pollution from the US to developing countries.... There is enough proof to show that there are more than enough resources to support a world population well over 6 billion.. It is just how we use our resources..
I am all about education for women.. but why does it have to be framed in such a dehumanizing, efficiency-maximizing manner. Of course education will bring about a more equitable and productive society, but first and foremost it is a HUMAN RIGHTS issue.
My comment was not to criticize the SeneGAD program...I think what they are doing is awesome...
I just used your post to comment on some disturbing trends i have read about..
Just wanted to clarify...
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