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The secondary school net attendance ratio (NAR) is presented in Table 10.5 19 . About 32% of secondary school age children are attending
school. The secondary school NAR for girls (21%) is more than two times lower than that of boys (43%). The secondary NAR of rural
secondary school age children is two times lower than their counterparts in urban areas. The attendance of secondary school children living in
the poorest households is about four times lower than their counterparts living in the wealthiest households.
Regional disparities in secondary NAR are significant. Attendance in the Southern region (12%) is the lowest among all eight regions and about
five times lower than attendance in the Central region (51%), where it is the highest. About one in ten (9%) children of secondary school age
are attending primary school when they should be attending secondary school.
Table 10.6 shows the percentage of children entering first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary school (the
survival rate to last grade of primary school).
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Ratios presented in this table are adjusted since they include not only secondary school attendance, but also attendance to higher levels in the numerator.
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