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education f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> the fourth section outl<strong>in</strong>es the national policy framework for<br />
education. The experience of orphaned <strong>and</strong> vulnerable children (OVC) with regard to<br />
education is addressed specifically <strong>in</strong> Chapter V.<br />
2. Overview of children’s deprivations <strong>in</strong> relation to education <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
A. Severe education deprivation among children<br />
The deprivation <strong>in</strong>dicator is the proportion of children aged between 7 <strong>and</strong> 18 who<br />
have never been to school <strong>and</strong> are not currently attend<strong>in</strong>g school. About one <strong>in</strong> five<br />
children are severely deprived of education, with massive disparities by prov<strong>in</strong>ce, area<br />
of residence, sex, level of education of the household head <strong>and</strong> wealth. There are<br />
massive variations <strong>in</strong> education deprivation by prov<strong>in</strong>ce, particularly affect<strong>in</strong>g children<br />
<strong>in</strong> Niassa, Nampula <strong>and</strong> Zambezia prov<strong>in</strong>ces, <strong>in</strong> which over one third of children aged<br />
between 7 <strong>and</strong> 18 have never been to school.<br />
Severe education deprivation correlates strongly with levels of household poverty,<br />
with about one third of children liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> households <strong>in</strong> the lowest three wealth<br />
qu<strong>in</strong>tiles suffer<strong>in</strong>g education deprivation. All household surveys conducted <strong>in</strong> recent<br />
years <strong>in</strong> <strong>Mozambique</strong> have po<strong>in</strong>ted to a direct correlation between the level of wealth<br />
of a household <strong>and</strong> both school enrolment <strong>and</strong> attendance of children with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
household. There is also a direct correlation between severe education deprivation<br />
<strong>and</strong> whether the head of the household <strong>in</strong> which the child lives has an education. For<br />
example, among households <strong>in</strong> which the household head has no education, 38 per<br />
cent of children are severely deprived of education, compared with 20 per cent of<br />
children <strong>in</strong> households <strong>in</strong> which the household head has a primary education <strong>and</strong> 4<br />
per cent of children <strong>in</strong> households <strong>in</strong> which the household head has a secondary level<br />
or higher education.<br />
Figure 4.1: Percentage of children with severe education deprivation by level of<br />
education of household head<br />
40<br />
%<br />
38<br />
30<br />
20<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
No education Primary education Secondary <strong>and</strong> higher<br />
4<br />
Source: INE/MPD/UNICEF 2005, additional analysis of the DHS 2003<br />
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