Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

This thematic study is about gender equity in junior and senior secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It consists of case studies of Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda, as well as, a review of studies undertaken over the past ten years on educati...

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Main Author: Sutherland-Addy, Esi
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:
GER
HIV
NER
SEX
UPE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9700857/gender-equity-junior-senior-secondary-education-sub-saharan-africa
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topic ABSENTEEISM
ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION
ACCESSIBILITY OF SCHOOLS
ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
APPROACHES TO EDUCATION
ATTENDANCE RATES
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC HUMAN RIGHT
CITIZENS
COMPLETION RATE
COMPLETION RATES
CONTEXTUAL FACTORS
DEMOCRACY
DISCRIMINATION
DISSEMINATION
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY MARRIAGES
EARLY PREGNANCY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION FOR ALL
EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATORS
ELIMINATING GENDER DISPARITIES
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
ENROLLMENT RATES
ENROLLMENT RATES FOR GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATIOS
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EQUAL PARTICIPATION
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXAMS
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FEMALE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE TEACHERS
FINAL GRADE
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FIRST GRADE
GENDER AWARENESS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER INEQUITY
GENDER PARITY
GENDER PARITY INDEX
GENDER PARTICIPATION
GENDER SENSITIVE
GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
GER
GLOBAL EDUCATION
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GRADE REPETITION
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER REPETITION
HIV
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
INTAKE RATES
INTERVENTIONS
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
JUNIOR SECONDARY
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEARNERS
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVEL OF LITERACY
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
LIFE-SKILLS
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL LEVEL
NER
NET ENROLLMENT
NET ENROLLMENT RATE
NET ENROLLMENT RATIO
NEW ENTRANTS
NUMBER OF PUPILS
ORPHANS
PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION
PARTICIPATION OF GIRLS
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PARTICIPATION RATES
PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
POLICY FORMULATION
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PREGNANCIES
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY CYCLE
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADUATE
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLE
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY TEACHERS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PROGRESS
PUPILS PER TEACHER
PUPIL­TEACHER RATIO
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION
RE-ENTRY
REPETITION RATES
RESPECT
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL AGE POPULATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CAREER
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION
SCHOOL LEVELS
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE SUBJECTS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEX
SEXUAL ABUSE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROGRESS
SOCIAL RELATIONS
SOCIAL SECTORS
STATE POLICY
TEACHER
TEACHER ASSESSMENT
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEXTBOOKS
TRADITIONAL VALUES
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
UPE
VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WOMEN EDUCATIONALISTS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
spellingShingle ABSENTEEISM
ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION
ACCESSIBILITY OF SCHOOLS
ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
APPROACHES TO EDUCATION
ATTENDANCE RATES
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC HUMAN RIGHT
CITIZENS
COMPLETION RATE
COMPLETION RATES
CONTEXTUAL FACTORS
DEMOCRACY
DISCRIMINATION
DISSEMINATION
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY MARRIAGES
EARLY PREGNANCY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION FOR ALL
EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATORS
ELIMINATING GENDER DISPARITIES
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
ENROLLMENT RATES
ENROLLMENT RATES FOR GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATIOS
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EQUAL PARTICIPATION
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXAMS
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FEMALE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE TEACHERS
FINAL GRADE
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FIRST GRADE
GENDER AWARENESS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER INEQUITY
GENDER PARITY
GENDER PARITY INDEX
GENDER PARTICIPATION
GENDER SENSITIVE
GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
GER
GLOBAL EDUCATION
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GRADE REPETITION
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER REPETITION
HIV
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
INTAKE RATES
INTERVENTIONS
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
JUNIOR SECONDARY
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEARNERS
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVEL OF LITERACY
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
LIFE-SKILLS
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL LEVEL
NER
NET ENROLLMENT
NET ENROLLMENT RATE
NET ENROLLMENT RATIO
NEW ENTRANTS
NUMBER OF PUPILS
ORPHANS
PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION
PARTICIPATION OF GIRLS
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PARTICIPATION RATES
PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
POLICY FORMULATION
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PREGNANCIES
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY CYCLE
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADUATE
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLE
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY TEACHERS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PROGRESS
PUPILS PER TEACHER
PUPIL­TEACHER RATIO
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION
RE-ENTRY
REPETITION RATES
RESPECT
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL AGE POPULATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CAREER
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION
SCHOOL LEVELS
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE SUBJECTS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEX
SEXUAL ABUSE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROGRESS
SOCIAL RELATIONS
SOCIAL SECTORS
STATE POLICY
TEACHER
TEACHER ASSESSMENT
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEXTBOOKS
TRADITIONAL VALUES
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
UPE
VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WOMEN EDUCATIONALISTS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
Sutherland-Addy, Esi
Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Senegal
Tanzania
Ghana
Nigeria
Swaziland
Burkina Faso
Eswatini
relation World Bank Working Paper; No. 140. Africa Human Development Series
description This thematic study is about gender equity in junior and senior secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It consists of case studies of Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda, as well as, a review of studies undertaken over the past ten years on education in Africa with particular attention to girls' and secondary education. Gender equity at the primary level has been the focus of considerable attention within the education for all frameworks of action, but much less so at the secondary level. Evidence of gender inequity and inequality in terms of access, retention and performance in secondary education in SSA raises many questions. While transition rates from primary to secondary are higher for girls than boys, and the repetition rates are lower, girls still significantly trail behind boys in terms of secondary gross enrollment rate (GER). The purpose of this study is to document and analyze the extent and nature of gender disadvantage in junior and senior secondary education, to analyze the causes of this disadvantage and to identify strategies that may be effective in reducing or eliminating it. This thematic study will make a timely and useful contribution to the debate on Secondary Education and Training in Africa (SEIA) issues.
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author Sutherland-Addy, Esi
author_facet Sutherland-Addy, Esi
author_sort Sutherland-Addy, Esi
title Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort gender equity in junior and senior secondary education in sub-saharan africa
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9700857/gender-equity-junior-senior-secondary-education-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6500
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spelling okr-10986-65002021-04-23T14:02:25Z Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Sutherland-Addy, Esi ABSENTEEISM ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION ACCESSIBILITY OF SCHOOLS ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ADULTS ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION APPROACHES TO EDUCATION ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC EDUCATION BASIC HUMAN RIGHT CITIZENS COMPLETION RATE COMPLETION RATES CONTEXTUAL FACTORS DEMOCRACY DISCRIMINATION DISSEMINATION DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES EARLY MARRIAGES EARLY PREGNANCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATORS ELIMINATING GENDER DISPARITIES ENROLLMENT INCREASES ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLLMENT RATES FOR GIRLS ENROLLMENT RATIOS EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL PARTICIPATION EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EQUITABLE ACCESS EXAMS FEMALE ENROLLMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FEMALE TEACHERS FINAL GRADE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FIRST GRADE GENDER AWARENESS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER INEQUITY GENDER PARITY GENDER PARITY INDEX GENDER PARTICIPATION GENDER SENSITIVE GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GER GLOBAL EDUCATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GRADE REPETITION GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER REPETITION HIV HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR GIRLS INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INTAKE RATES INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JUNIOR SECONDARY JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF LITERACY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LIFE-SKILLS LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL LEVEL NER NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NET ENROLLMENT RATIO NEW ENTRANTS NUMBER OF PUPILS ORPHANS PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PARTICIPATION OF GIRLS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS POLICY FORMULATION POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION GROWTH POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PREGNANCIES PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY CYCLE PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY GRADE PRIMARY GRADUATE PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY TEACHERS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PROGRESS PUPILS PER TEACHER PUPIL­TEACHER RATIO QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION RE-ENTRY REPETITION RATES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL AGE POPULATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CAREER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE SKILL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROGRESS SOCIAL RELATIONS SOCIAL SECTORS STATE POLICY TEACHER TEACHER ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS TRADITIONAL VALUES UNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UPE VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WOMEN EDUCATIONALISTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH This thematic study is about gender equity in junior and senior secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It consists of case studies of Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda, as well as, a review of studies undertaken over the past ten years on education in Africa with particular attention to girls' and secondary education. Gender equity at the primary level has been the focus of considerable attention within the education for all frameworks of action, but much less so at the secondary level. Evidence of gender inequity and inequality in terms of access, retention and performance in secondary education in SSA raises many questions. While transition rates from primary to secondary are higher for girls than boys, and the repetition rates are lower, girls still significantly trail behind boys in terms of secondary gross enrollment rate (GER). The purpose of this study is to document and analyze the extent and nature of gender disadvantage in junior and senior secondary education, to analyze the causes of this disadvantage and to identify strategies that may be effective in reducing or eliminating it. This thematic study will make a timely and useful contribution to the debate on Secondary Education and Training in Africa (SEIA) issues. 2012-05-29T13:26:02Z 2012-05-29T13:26:02Z 2008 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9700857/gender-equity-junior-senior-secondary-education-sub-saharan-africa 978-0-8213-7505-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6500 English en_US World Bank Working Paper; No. 140. Africa Human Development Series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Senegal Tanzania Ghana Nigeria Swaziland Burkina Faso Eswatini