Literacy Rate of Kenya and Sudan

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Literacy Rate of Kenya and Sudan

• SS7CG3a Compare how various factors, including
  gender, affect access to education in Kenya and
  Sudan

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Kenya

• Literacy Rate is 85
• Government has been improving education as a
  priority .
• Programs for building schools.
• Eliminate fees for children to attend school.
• 85 attend elementary school
• 24 attend high school
• 2 college (post high school)

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• Large gap between literacy rate of girls and
  boys.
• 91 Boys
• 79 Girls
• School attendance is much high for boys than
  girls.
• Overall attendance drops in rural areas.
• It is felt boys need education for better jobs,
  girls only need to prepare for marriage.

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Sudan

• Literacy Rate is about 61
• Much less than Kenya due to years of civil war.
• 72 Boys
• 50 Girls
• Military conflict in the countryside has left
  schools in ruins.
• Best chance for an education is in the cities.

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• 2/3 money is put toward the education of boys,
  with only 1/3 going toward girls.
• Education reform is to expand religious education
  of students.
• Parents in rural areas feel the education of
  girls is a waste of money and they should only
  prepare for marriage.
• Some girls are sent to school to study the Quran.

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• People in Kenya and Sudan do not have access to
  an education because
• Girls do not receive equal access to education
  due to cultural importance given to the males.
• Traditional roles and culture may not put as much
  importance on education
• African governments cannot afford to invest as
  much of their GDP into education.

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• If you look at the following graph you can see
  that Female have a better chance for an education
  in Kenya then Sudan.