Education of Disadvantaged Children in OIC:
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In fact rather than gender alone, gender together with poverty is a more important
predictor of lack of access to education. In a considerable number of countries poor girls are
the most disadvantaged group in access to education. In 8 countries (out of 43) rich boys are more
than twice as likely to attend primary school compared to poor girls (See Panel B). For
instance in Pakistan, the primary net attendance rate is 28.8, 46.9, 81.9 and 85.9 percent for poor
girls, poor boys, rich girls and rich boys respectively.
Figure 13 Gender parity indices for primary net attendance and lower secondary net
attendance rates, by poorest and richest wealth quintile
A. Gender parity index, primary net attendance
B. Gender parity index, lower secondary net attendance
Note: Data is obtained from UNESCO Institute of Statistics' database. “Poorest” refers to the poorest wealth
quintile, hence living in the bottom 20% of households according to a built asset index. “Richest” means living in
the top 20% of households.
0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1
1,2
1,4
1,6
1,8
Yemen 2006
Pakistan 2012
Afghanistan 2011
Guinea 2012
Niger 2012
Cameroon 2011
Morocco 2004
Iraq 2011
Nigeria 2013
Burkina Faso 2010
Mali 2013
Benin 2011
Turkey 2004
Chad 2014Togo 2014
Côte d'Ivoire 2012
Uzbekistan 2006
Sudan 2014
Uganda 2011
Mozambique 2011
Azerbaijan 2006
Albania 2009
Palestine 2014
Guyana 2009
Mauritania 2007Kyrgyzstan 2012
Syrian Arab…Egypt 2014
Tajikistan 2012
Tunisia 2012Algeria 2013Jordan 2007Gabon 2012
Indonesia 2008Maldives 2008
Turkmenistan 2006
Kazakhstan 2006
Gambia 2013
Suriname 2010
Bangladesh 2014
Sierra Leone 2013
Senegal 2011
Gender pairty index, primary
Poorest Richest
0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1
1,2
1,4
1,6
1,8
Niger 2012
Mauritania 2007Afghanistan 2011
Pakistan 2012
Yemen 2006
Morocco 2004
Guinea 2012
Cameroon 2011
Chad 2014Benin 2011
Iraq 2011Mali 2013
Nigeria 2013
Côte d'Ivoire 2012
Senegal 2011Guyana 2009
Syrian Arab…Togo 2014
Turkey 2004Gambia 2013
Sudan 2014
Azerbaijan 2006Tajikistan 2012
Algeria 2013
Burkina Faso 2010
Egypt 2014
Kazakhstan 2006Kyrgyzstan 2012
Sierra Leone 2013Mozambique 2011
Turkmenistan 2006
Uzbekistan 2006
Albania 2009Jordan 2007
Indonesia 2008Palestine 2014
Gabon 2012Tunisia 2012
Bangladesh 2014
Maldives 2008
Uganda 2011
Suriname 2010
Gender pairty index, lower secondary
Poorest Richest