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

218. School attendance.

Net attendance rate,

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

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

Public education is mandatory and provided for all, and we have achieved a 93.6 per cent rate of school attendance among young people.

Through free and universal education and health care, Cuba had achieved high levels of school attendance and a low rate of child mortality.

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

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.

Turkey had launched a number of projects, working with international organizations, NGOs and private sector participants, with a view to achieving a 100 per cent school attendance rate by 2010.

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

Rented school buildings Classroom occupancy rate

Furthermore, according to information received by the Committee, the school attendance rate remains low, primary schools are overcrowded and the principle of free primary education guaranteed by law is not always applied.

It notes the persistent discriminatory attitudes towards girls, as reflected in the prevailing son preference, the persistence of early marriages, the notably lower school attendance of girls and their higher drop out rate.

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

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.

343. The 1993 census recorded a rate of school attendance of 86.8 per cent for girls aged 6 to 11, in other words, 13 of every 100 girls in this age group did not attend school, with this figure rising to 20 in rural areas.

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.

School dropout rate is up to 70 percent.

(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.

345. Between the ages of 12 and 17, when the school attendance rate averages 74 per cent for girls and is four per cent higher for boys, the gap in attendance at educational institutions between girls in the city (78.5 per cent) and in the countryside (56.3 per cent) becomes more striking.

The rate of school drop outs at the primary school age is over 20 per cent.

342. Among children aged 6 to 11, there is a high rate of school attendance, though not a perfect one around 87 per cent of girls and boys go to school, but there are distinctions between urban and rural areas and between boys and girls in rural areas.

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

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.

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