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Education of Disadvantaged Children in OIC:

The Key to Escape from Poverty

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rates has gotten worst over time. For example, the difference in attendance percentage points

between rural and urban has increased to 30.5 (2015) from 26.9 percentage points (2005) in

attendance of 6-11 year olds. Other indicators have experienced this increase in urban-rural

inequality except for completion rates of 5 years of schooling (stagnant inequality).

Figure 26 DHS 2005-2015 Difference in access rates by regions

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A.

Attendance in school (6-11 year olds)

B.

Attendance in school (12-15 year

olds)

C.

Finishing 5 years of education (12-15

year olds)

D.

Finishing 8 years of education (16-18

year olds)

Note: Authors’ calculations using DHS 2005 and DHS 2015

Location/Geographic regions.

Analysis of DHS 2015 showed that Kaffrine, Djourbel, Louga,

Matam and Tambacounda are the 5 critical regions with lowest access to school rates (or

conversely, highest numbers of out of school children). While completion rates have improved

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Given the 2008 new regional divisions, in the graphs the 2015 ‘Kaolack’ region covers the data for both Kaffrine and the new

Kaolack, the 2005 Kaolack is the old/undivided region pre-2008 and so forth.

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20

40

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Diourbel

Louga

Matam

Kaolack

Tambacounda

Fatick

Thies

Saint-Louis

Kolda

Dakar

Zuguinchor

Region

attendance to school for children

aged 6-11 years old (%)

2005 2015

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20

40

60

80

100

Diourbel

Louga

Matam

Kaolack

Tambacounda

Fatick

Thies

Saint-Louis

Kolda

Dakar

Zuguinchor

Region

attendance to school for children

aged 12-15 years old (%)

2005 2015

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20

40

60

80

100

Diourbel

Louga

Matam

Kaolack

Tambacounda

Fatick

Thies

Saint-Louis

Kolda

Dakar

Zuguinchor

Region

finishing 5 years of education (% of

12-15 year olds)

2005 2015

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10

20

30

40

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60

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80

90

100

Diourbel

Louga

Matam

Kaolack

Tambacounda

Fatick

Thies

Saint-Louis

Kolda

Dakar

Zuguinchor

Region

finishing 8 years of education (% of 16-

18 year olds)

2005 2015