With primary education now free in all but five African countries, there has been a boom in the number of children attending school, with Ethiopia and Angola showing the most dramatic improvements.
In Ethiopia, girls' enrolment rose to 83 percent from 41 percent between 2000 and 2011, while Angola saw an increase to 78 percent from 35 percent, according to the African Report on Child Wellbeing produced by the African Child Policy Forum, a research institute based in Ethiopia.
The report looked at how child-friendly African governments were by measuring their performance in providing basic services for children, adopting laws and policies to protect children, and promoting child participation in decisions that affect them.
African governments are increasingly child-friendly," former Mozambican president Joaqim Chissano said in the report. "Achievements on the education front - and particularly the dramatic increase in access to primary education, especially for girls - are commendable."
As Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa’s most revered freedom fighters once said: “When you educate a man you educate an individual. When you educate women, you educate the nation”.
source: press tv
In Ethiopia, girls' enrolment rose to 83 percent from 41 percent between 2000 and 2011, while Angola saw an increase to 78 percent from 35 percent, according to the African Report on Child Wellbeing produced by the African Child Policy Forum, a research institute based in Ethiopia.
The report looked at how child-friendly African governments were by measuring their performance in providing basic services for children, adopting laws and policies to protect children, and promoting child participation in decisions that affect them.
African governments are increasingly child-friendly," former Mozambican president Joaqim Chissano said in the report. "Achievements on the education front - and particularly the dramatic increase in access to primary education, especially for girls - are commendable."
As Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa’s most revered freedom fighters once said: “When you educate a man you educate an individual. When you educate women, you educate the nation”.
source: press tv
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