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Universal right to education? Perhaps in theory, but not in reality.
This booklet shows that school fees are the single largest global barrier
to girl's education, preventing 60 million from participating in
education. It details the global situation with regards to female
exclusion from education, and includes examples from a variety of
countries.
Key findings include:
- of the 25 countries with the worst female enrolment in school, at
leat 17 charge fees
- the top ten countries with the lowest level of female enrolment are
all in sub-Saharan Africa
- in conflict-zones, the cost of education forces many girls into
involvement with armed groups or co-option by soldiers
- the price of education is high not only for girls themselves but
also their families and the wider community - those who do not attend
school may well marry younger, causing an increase in child and maternal
deaths
- if fees were abolished in just 13 sub-Saharan countries an extra
4.5million children would immediately go to school
- abolishing fees will not alone get girls into school - they need the
right conditions to aid the process.
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