Decreasee in School Attendance A 184. Article A 36 of the t present Constitution n stipulates that t everyon ne has the riight to education witho out discrimination of an ny kind. Artticle 15 of the t Law on Protection of the Righ hts of Children states that parentts should, to o the best of their ab bility and within w the means m availaable to them m, take appro opriate measures to enssure proper upbringing and a well‐being of their children, an nd to facilitaate their edu ucation to a reasonable standard an nd their requ uisite religious educatio on. 185. The illustration below shows that net enrolmeent rate in schools fro om year 200 06 to 69 2010 . 186. The enrolmen nt rate of girls in primarry education n, lower seco ondary educcation and higher secon ndary educaation are som mewhat high her than boyys. Accordin ng to the Scchool Statistics of 2010, there is Ne et Enrolmen nt Rate (NER R) of 95.5 peercent at prrimary level,, 83.6 perceent at lower secondary level (NER for girls at lower secondary is 86.5) and 17.4 percent p at higher secon ndary. The Gross G Enrolm ment Rate (G GER) at lower secondaryy is 117 percent (GER forr girls at low wer secondaary is 122.9 percent), p ind dicates a posssible over aged a and und der aged stu udent 71 due to t early or late enrolm ment and alsso maybe of o grade rep petitions . There T is also o the possibility of students beingg vulnerable to drop out prior to scchool complletion. Thus, it is imperative to co ollect data pertaining p to o school atteendance rattes to fully comprehend d the issues of accessib bility to educcation. 187. From the yeaar 2011, therre are a totaal of 26 casees lodged at HRCM pertaaining to Rigght to Educaation. These e cases rangee from denial of right to o education,, suspension n as a disciplinary meassure or stude ent being assked to stay at home un ntil further notice, placement issues, lack of avvailability of basic servicces, such as issues of avvailability of teachers, malfunctioni m ng of Chapter: Article 24: Rights of the Child Source: School Statistiics 2010, Minisstry of Educatio on70 72