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The primary school completion rate in Southern region is the lowest (17%), while the highest is
found in the Central region (46%). Children living in the poorest households are more than
twice as likely to not complete their primary education (21%) by the appropriate age than their
counterparts living in the wealthiest households (41%). The mother s education level also seems
to impact this indicator. Only 29% of children aged 13 years whose mother has no education
had completed primary education, in comparison with 57% of those children whose mother has
secondary education or higher.
The majority of the children (93%) who successfully completed the last grade of primary school
were attending the first grade of secondary school at the time of the survey. There are no
significant differences found in the transition from primary to secondary school between girls
(94%) and boys (93%), and only minor differences in rural areas (92%) from urban areas (95%).
Table 10.8: Education gender parity
Ratio of adjusted net attendance ratios of girls to boys, in primary and secondary school, Afghanistan, 2010-2011
Region
Primary school
adjusted net
attendance
ratio (NAR),
girls
Primary school
adjusted net
attendance
ratio (NAR),
boys
Gender parity
index (GPI) for
primary school
adjusted NAR 1
Secondary
school adjusted
net attendance
ratio (NAR),
girls
Secondary
school adjusted
net attendance
ratio (NAR),
boys
Gender parity
index (GPI) for
secondary
school adjusted
NAR 2
Central 67.4 87.6 0.77 36.0 65.8 0.55
Central Highlands 71.8 83.1 0.86 33.8 54.1 0.62
East 41.8 67.2 0.62 13.0 49.5 0.26
North 56.8 65.0 0.88 27.0 42.9 0.63
North East 51.0 65.5 0.78 23.7 40.4 0.59
South 13.5 28.6 0.47 3.0 19.0 0.16
South East 30.4 66.1 0.46 15.3 57.4 0.27
West 50.8 60.2 0.84 18.5 29.7 0.62
Residence
Urban 72.8 82.5 0.88 48.6 61.8 0.79
Rural 40.6 58.9 0.69 14.5 38.5 0.38
Mother's education
None 43.2 60.8 0.71 20.1 40.9 0.49
Primary 79.7 88.8 0.90 49.6 67.1 0.74
Secondary + 90.6 93.7 0.97 79.0 83.5 0.95
Wealth index quintile
Poorest 30.1 48.3 0.62 5.5 24.0 0.23
Second 37.5 55.2 0.68 10.9 32.6 0.33
Middle 39.4 59.8 0.66 13.8 37.8 0.36
Fourth 52.5 69.5 0.76 22.6 50.9 0.44
Richest 72.8 84.8 0.86 46.3 64.9 0.71
Total 46.4 62.9 0.74 21.1 42.8 0.49
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MICS indicator 7.9; MDG indicator 3.1; 2 MICS indicator 7.10; MDG indicator 3.1
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