Target 2a: Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling 2.1 Net enrolment ratio in primary education 2.2 Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary 2.3 Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds, women and men
Broadening education opportunities and upgrading the national education system have been central to the government’s strategy to foster national unity, support economic growth and reduce poverty. Where there is a right to education, people’s access to and enjoyment of other rights is enhanced.
Where We Are Now
Goal 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education TARGET 3: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Net enrolment ratio in primary education (%)
Both sexes
95.4
(2004)
Boys
95.6
(2004)
Girls
95.3
(2004)
Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary (%)