31. For children with severe and multiple disabilities, right to education is yet to be fully realized within school system.61 Despite an increase in the number of schools providing some form of education for CwD, schools lacked adequate resources to provide effective specialized education for children with most types of disabilities.62 Special Classes ENROLMENT TRENDS Figure 12. Children with Disabilities. NSPA,2020 63 Figure 13. Special Classes Enrolment Trends. MoE,201964 32. OOSC is close to negligible for primary and lower secondary education.65 However; access to education for children was compromised due to missing identification documents, difficulties faced in registration of parents’ marriages solemnized overseas and religious reasons.66 Moreover; family violence and abuse,67 and teenage pregnancy68 (2% of females aged 15-19 had started childbearing) impact girls’ engagement in education. 33. While NER in primary and lower secondary education was 100% for both sexes, it was at 37.2% in higher secondary education with the enrolment of 56% for females.69 Girls achieve better learning outcomes, and perform better from primary to A-Levels.70 Nevertheless, secondary students and youth remained unfamiliar with prospects available for further studies.71 16