Transcript Literacy Rate of Kenya and Sudan

Literacy Rate of Kenya and Sudan
SS7CG3a: Compare how various
factors, including gender, affect access
to education in Kenya and Sudan
Kenya
• Literacy Rate is 85%
• Government has been improving education as
a priority .
– Programs for building schools.
– Eliminate fees for children to attend school.
• 85% attend elementary school
• 24% attend high school
• 2% college (post high school)
• Large gap between literacy rate91%of girls and
boys.
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– 91% Boys
– 79% Girls
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78%
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Overall Literacy Rate
Boys
Girls
• School attendance is much high for boys than
girls.
• Overall attendance drops in rural areas.
• It is felt boys need education for better jobs,
girls only need to prepare for marriage.
Sudan
• Literacy Rate is about 61%
• Much less than Kenya due to years of civil war.
– 72% Boys
– 50% Girls
72%
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Overall Literacy
Rate
Boys
Girls
• Military conflict in the countryside has left
schools in ruins.
• Best chance for an education is in the cities.
• 2/3 money is put toward the education of
boys, with only 1/3 going toward girls.
• Education reform is to expand religious
education of students.
• Parents in rural areas feel the education of
girls is a waste of money and they should only
prepare for marriage.
• Some girls are sent to school to study the
Quran.
• People in Kenya and Sudan do not have access
to an education because:
– Girls do not receive equal access to education due
to cultural importance given to the males.
– Traditional roles and culture may not put as much
importance on education
– African governments cannot afford to invest as
much of their GDP into education.
• If you look at the following graph you can see
that Female have a better chance for an
education in Kenya then Sudan.
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91%
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80%
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72%
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40%
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10%
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Kenya Girls
Sudan Gils
Kenya Boys
Sudan Boys