Sutherland-Addy, Esi2012-05-292012-05-292008978-0-8213-7505-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6500This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSENTEEISMACADEMIC YEARACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO SCHOOLINGACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATIONACCESSIBILITY OF SCHOOLSACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITYADOLESCENT GIRLSADOLESCENTSADULTSALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAPPROACHES TO EDUCATIONATTENDANCE RATESBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC HUMAN RIGHTCITIZENSCOMPLETION RATECOMPLETION RATESCONTEXTUAL FACTORSDEMOCRACYDISCRIMINATIONDISSEMINATIONDROPOUTDROPOUT RATESEARLY MARRIAGESEARLY PREGNANCYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION FOR GIRLSEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTEDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURESEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL POLICIESEDUCATIONAL POLICYEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEDUCATORSELIMINATING GENDER DISPARITIESENROLLMENT INCREASESENROLLMENT RATESENROLLMENT RATES FOR GIRLSENROLLMENT RATIOSEQUAL ACCESSEQUAL OPPORTUNITYEQUAL PARTICIPATIONEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITYEQUITABLE ACCESSEXAMSFEMALE ENROLLMENTFEMALE PARTICIPATIONFEMALE TEACHERSFINAL GRADEFINANCIAL CONSTRAINTSFIRST GRADEGENDER AWARENESSGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DISPARITYGENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATIONGENDER EQUITYGENDER GAPGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER INEQUITYGENDER PARITYGENDER PARITY INDEXGENDER PARTICIPATIONGENDER SENSITIVEGENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATIONGERGLOBAL EDUCATIONGOOD GOVERNANCEGRADE REPETITIONGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATEGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOHIGH SCHOOLHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER REPETITIONHIVHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCENTIVES FOR GIRLSINDUSTRIAL TRAININGINTAKE RATESINTERVENTIONSINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONJUNIOR SECONDARYJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVELLABOR MARKETSLEADERSHIPLEARNERSLEARNINGLEARNING ENVIRONMENTLEARNING OUTCOMESLEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF LITERACYLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSLIFE-SKILLSLOWER SECONDARY EDUCATIONLOWER SECONDARY LEVELMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL LEVELNERNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENET ENROLLMENT RATIONEW ENTRANTSNUMBER OF PUPILSORPHANSPARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONPARTICIPATION OF GIRLSPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPARTICIPATION RATESPERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICSPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOST-PRIMARY EDUCATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPREGNANCIESPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY CYCLEPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY GRADEPRIMARY GRADUATEPRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENTPRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOSPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLEPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIMARY TEACHERSPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPROGRESSPUPILS PER TEACHERPUPIL­TEACHER RATIOQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATION PROGRAMSQUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATIONRE-ENTRYREPETITION RATESRESPECTRURAL AREASSCHOOL AGESCHOOL AGE POPULATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL CAREERSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSSCHOOL ENVIRONMENTSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATIONSCHOOL LEVELSSCHOOL PARTICIPATIONSCHOOL-AGESCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE SUBJECTSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSEXSEXUAL ABUSESEXUAL HARASSMENTSEXUAL VIOLENCESKILL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROGRESSSOCIAL RELATIONSSOCIAL SECTORSSTATE POLICYTEACHERTEACHER ASSESSMENTTEACHERSTEACHINGTERTIARY EDUCATIONTEXTBOOKSTRADITIONAL VALUESUNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUPEVIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLSVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGWOMEN EDUCATIONALISTSYOUNG PEOPLEYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7505-1