Africa+Primary+School

=AFRICA: PRIMARY SCHOOL= Primary schools make up a third of 109 "high-risk" schools in and around the city --- Cape Town South Africa--- in Niger only 21% of the children complete primary edu., 27% in Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso, 32% in Chad and Burundi and 33% in Mali (Only 1 in 3 children or less complete primary edu. in 6 countries!!!) and in the other extreme only 8 contries have over 90% of children that complete primary school (Algeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Seychellea, Botswana, Cape Verde, Egypt, Mauritius.) the avarage is 62% in all of Africa. (that is a lot less than N. America-94% or even Asia-88%) I have found that the % of children that complete primary education is less in countries on/near the equator on the left (west) side. info from- http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/pdf/EducGeneral/UIS_Fact%20Sheet_2006_02_SecAfr_EN.pdf-- **you should go to this site there is a great graph of these percents**

In Kenya, primary school is free and President Mwai Kibaki has announced he will also waive the thrice-yearly $50 fee for secondary school starting in January, but the list of expenses stop kids from advancing.([])

In Tunisia, the gov. devotes 18 percent to education. __Tunisia__ by the Geography Department

Fewer than 20% of sudanese graduate from high school. Africa - Sudan by. Dorothy Kavanaugh There are few schools in the south and not enough teachers.Africa - Sudan by. Dorothy Kavanaugh

Egyptian childeren are requiered to attend school for a minimum of 9 years, but egyptian puplic schools tend to be very crowded and often lack sufficient resources, suchs as textbooks,computers, and art supplies, which are needed to provide a good education. This is why mandy wealthier egyptians send their childeren to private schools. Africa- Egypt by.William Mark Habbeb