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Education for All Global Monitoring Report
Box 2.1 Closing gaps in participation in primary education:
the case of Benin
School attendance by children aged 6 to 14 increased
from 44% in 1996 to 55% in 2001, reducing socioeconomic
disparities in attendance (Figure 2.7).
Girls, children living in rural areas, poor children
and children living in households whose head had
a primary education benefited particularly. This
improvement may be the result of the reform of
primary education since 1992, which has focused
on fostering the education of girls and women.
In 1996, school fees were abolished for girls in
rural areas and a network of parents, teachers,
non-governmental organizations, students and
community leaders was set up to change family
schooling practices in relation to girls.
Figure 2.7: Changes in net attendance rates by population group in Benin, 1996 and 2001
Net attendance rate (%)
80
60
40
20
0
55
44
Benin
46
33
Girls
63
54
Boys
67
59
Urban
49
34
Rural
39
23
Poor
Middle
Rich
Biological
children
Other
relatives
Sex Residence Household wealth Relationship to
the household head
61
48
1996 2001
76
72
57
47
51
37
23
20
Not related
61
51
Female
54
42
Male
Sex of
household head
45
33
No
education
65
56
Primary
77
73
Secondary
and more
Education attainment
of the household head
Note: For household wealth, ‘poor’ refers to the poorest 40% of households, ‘middle’ to the next 40% and ‘rich’ to the richest 20%.
Sources: Demographic and Health Survey, Benin, 1996 and 2001; Benin (2001).
Table 2.4: Number of out-of-primary-school children, 1998 and 2002
World
Developing countries
Developed countries
Countries in transition
Sub-Saharan Africa
Arab States
Central Asia
East Asia and the Pacific
South and West Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
North America and Western Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
Thousands
1998
Total Male Female % female
106 724 45 316 61 408 58
102 052 42 971 59 081 58
2 367 1 210 1 157 49
2 304 1 135 1 170 51
44 581 20 648 23 933 54
8 491 3 501 4 991 59
775 375 400 52
8 309 4 158 4 151 50
35 722 12 534 23 189 65
3 620 1 623 1 997 55
1 885 967 918 49
3 340 1 510 1 830 55
Total Male Female % female
Thousands
2002
99 876 45 030 54 846 55
95 459 42 701 52 758 55
2 949 1 593 1 356 46
1 468 736 732 50
40 370 18 367 22 003 55
6 906 2 882 4 025 58
635 294 341 54
14 782 7 410 7 372 50
30 109 12 698 17 411 58
2 084 858 1 226 59
2 421 1 320 1 101 45
2 569 1 203 1 366 53
Note: Figures may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Statistical annex, Table 5.