Africa+Girls'+Education

=**AFRICA: GIRLS' EDUCATION**=

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In Botswana 81.8 % can read and write at age 15 or older Angola=54.2 % Benin=23.3 % I got my information at.. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook 63% for maths http://www.statssa.gov.za/ycs/SpeakerPresentations/Acropolis1/Day1/SessionIIIA/Session%20IIIA_Prof.%20Denise%20Lievesley_acrop%201/Angie%20Nhantsi%20pres.pdf "Primary and lower secondary education helps reduce poverty by increasing the productivity of the poor, by reducing fertility and improving health, and by equipping people with the skills they need to participate fully in the economy and in society," she says. http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/edu-cn.htm

Girls remain woefully outnumbered in African schools. They make up nearly 60 percent of the children who should be in school but in fact don't attend. Part of the problem is economic, but much of the reason remains rooted in societies that undervalue girls and, in some cases, abuse them. These problems are prevalent in Malawi, but there's some progress as well. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5627794

Only 50.5% of girls in Sudan are literate ([|CIA World Factbook]) The most literate country in Africa is Zimbabwe. 87.2% of girls are literate in Zimbabwe. ([|CIA World Factbook])

During a normal school day, the students all take nine different classes. **Please state-- in which country?** There are normally 70 students in one class. (__A School Like Mine__)-unicef **Please state-- in which country?** There are not enough room to work in small groups, so teaching is done on the chalkboard. ( __A School Like Mine__)- unicef **Please state-- in which country?** In Africa, half of all of the children do not recive a primary education. Girls make up almost 60% of the children who don't recieve a primary education. In Sub Saharan Africa, just 17% of girls enroll in secondary schools. It's worse for girls who live in rural areas then urban areas. ([])

Studies by UNICEF have shown that girls in many African countries are less valued than their brothers, are likely to receive less food and medical attention and have less schooling.([])

Girls also are denied access to education because of discrimination. Discriminatory policies, cultural suppression and family conditions deny girls an opportunity to fully realise their potential. ([])

Girls in Algeria are educated the same amount of years that boys are. They are both educated for around 13 years. ([|CIA World Factbook])

Girls in Libya are educated until they are 17. They are educated longer than the boys in Libya.([|CIA World Factbook] )

Girls in Ethiopia are educated for about 7 years, which is less than the boys. ([|CIA World Factbook] )

Some kids have to get up early (4:30) to help around the house and get water,and cokk, ect., before taking a 2 hour walk to get to the nearest school (about 6 miles away). almost all school days in rural areas of Etheopia go in two shifts, the morning shifts, and the afternoon shifts for kids that have to help the family before going to school. ([]) -katie