Goal Two: Achieve universal primary education
Target One: Ensure that all boys and
girls complete a full course of primary school by 2015
Will this target be reached by 2015?
If Yemen is to achieve this goal, major steps to advance both
girls and boys education must be implemented. The Government of
Yemen has adopted a number of measures that, if implemented successfully,
will give Yemen the possibility of achieving universal primary
school education.
Major challenges to ensuring universal primary
school education include:
• A lack of adequate educational services;
• Low levels of income;
• A lack of basic services meaning some children are required
to work;
• Negative attitudes towards girl’s education;
• Internal school inefficiency;
• Low quality of school curricula; and
• The inability of the school system to address problems such
as overcrowding in classes, improper distribution of teachers
and poorly equipped schools.
Last Modified on 6/07/2009 11:19 am |
Did you know?
No country has ever achieved continuous and
rapid growth without achieving an adult literacy rate of at
least 40 percent. Wages and farm income almost always increase
with education. The higher productivity these income gains reflect
can contribute to national economic growth.
Read more. Towards Universal
Primary Education: Investments, Incentives, and Institutions
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