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
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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
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