Poverty and poor nutrition among indigenous children are other factors that often limit school attendance.

218. School attendance.

The degree of illiteracy, poor academic achievement and poor school attendance, especially at the middle school and higher levels, tends to be higher among indigenous peoples than in the rest of the population.

Shame, that's a poor attendance.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATES BY AGE GROUP AND SEX

School attendance is very high in Aruba up to age 15, attendance is well above 95 .

376. School attendance is compulsory, and the State provides access to school for all children of school age.

School attendance was obligatory and parents that prevented the children from attending school were punished.

School attendance by girls at primary and secondary level, by

(j) To adopt effective measures to encourage regular attendance at school and reduce school dropout rates

Another important indicator of school performance is the rate of attendance.

62. The regular attendance of school pupils is required by law.

Primary school fees and uniforms had been abolished and school books were supplied free, generating an increase in girls' school attendance.

Curfews and closures continued, creating major disruptions in school functioning and attendance.

Programmes targeted at improving the school attendance of girls should be reinforced.

Sports activities and physical education generally make school more attractive and improve attendance.

The provision of quality education remained a serious challenge, and the current policy addressed such issues as poor school attendance, enrolment and dropout at all levels, as well as gender balance.

Later, in the generations born after the 1970s, there was greater equality in school attendance.

347. Several measures have been taken to help the regions with low school attendance, including

Many children, in particular girls, work for their families, which can affect their school attendance.

Through its school feeding operation, which targets over 1.2 million children, WFP has continued to contribute to the enhancement of children's school attendance.

There is some evidence that school enrolment and school attendance have been greater during periods when a mid day meal has been provided.

To encourage regular attendance at school and to reduce drop out rates, including research, any mechanisms developed to assess the situation, and incentives provided to encourage school entrance, regular school attendance and school retention, any alternatives provided for children who are excluded from school, as well as other relevant data disaggregated by age, gender, region, urban rural area, and social and ethnic origin.

(ii) The child is in full time attendance at a school, university or similar educational institution

The Committee welcomes the efforts undertaken by the State party to improve school attendance and the positive results regarding the access of girls to school.

It's very interesting. When we started our school the parents would give thumbprints in the attendance register.

Significant progress has been achieved in many countries in terms of increased school attendance by indigenous children.

Finally, illiteracy has not been completely eradicated among young women in the rural Sierra region. School attendance

In contrast, primary illiteracy due to a lack of possibilities for school attendance is of no relevance.

Children from indigent families are provided with free lunch at government expense at their school of attendance.

In one tribal area in Tripura, for example, many schools lack basic physical facilities, as they are converted during the rainy season into shelters for livestock the poor sanitary conditions in the schools then affect school attendance.

344. This increased school attendance encompassed boys as well as girls, with the proportion of girls attending school increasing between 1955 56 and 1994 95 by

The net primary school attendance rate was 74.5 per cent for boys and 79.8 per cent for girls.

354. In Germany illiteracy occurs almost exclusively as secondary illiteracy (major reading and writing deficiencies despite school attendance).

10. School attendance by indigenous children was increasing and they were currently served by some 16,000 educational establishments.

373. The State party s achievements in the field of education, especially its high school attendance rate, are welcomed.

The Committee particularly notes that education is free of charge and that primary school attendance is nearly universal.

But it was a poor school with rich teachers, honestly.

Since 1995 most countries have been able to report the number of students enrolled in primary and secondary school, but less than a quarter have reported school attendance.

It should be noted, however, that low rates of school attendance in many remote villages are related to rural poverty and, particularly in the Delta region, school attendance continues to be hampered by a lack of physical access, such as the absence of small bridges across waterways.

39. The educational system in American Samoa is broadly based on the United States pattern of eight years attendance of elementary school and four years enrolment in high school.

Prevention of diarrhoea and other diseases Increased school attendance and retention Reduction of drudgery and increased dignity Improved nutritional status

Ms. Makaya Fayette (Gabon) said that early pregnancy was one of the main causes of declining school attendance among girls.

The reasons of drop out are various leaving Estonia, reaching the age when school attendance is no longer compulsory, expulsion from school, financial reasons, death, family reasons and other reasons.

Especially endangered are children under 5, and the seriousness of their status is reflected as follows very low attendance of pre school education (less than 9 per cent of children attend some pre school education institution), restricted access of poor children to secondary education, much lower coverage by health insurance, especially in rural areas.