identify and increase accessibility of schools to children with disabilities and build capacity of teachers in the area of special education. 47. Life skill programs are piloted in selected schools across the nation as an extracurricular activity. The revised educational curriculum that is to be implemented from 2015 onwards integrates life skills education that encompasses components on sexual and reproductive health education. Additionally the primary curriculum materials are being reviewed to make it more gender sensitive.26 48. Considerable achievements in education include near universal achievement of primary education and there is no gender difference observed in primary and secondary enrolment rates.27 While the issue of quality education is a concern raised by women at a national level, women from islands migrate to Male’ or other islands in search of better educational opportunities.28 Low level of learning outcomes for both primary and secondary, coupled with wide regional disparities indicates serious deficiency in performance of education system.29 During this period the pass percentage of students who sat for Ordinary Level exam improved to some extent although, it still remains low at a national level. Furthermore, facilities for higher secondary education remained limited due to budgetary constraints, thus student enrolment was awarded on merit basis. The weakness in the education sector such as access for girls, and low quality of teaching in secondary schools at the atoll level is a key factor that accounts for skill shortage to continue higher education.30 Figure 6: Enrolment trends for lower and higher secondary Enrolment trends for lower and higher secondary 12000 lower Secondary (grade 8‐10) 10000 Higher secondary (grade 11‐12) 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 M F Male' M F Atolls 2008 M F Male' M F Atolls 2009 M F Male' M F Atolls M F Male' 2010 M F Atolls 2011 M F Male' M F Atolls 2012 M F Male' M F Atolls 2013 Source: Ministry of Education (2014). School Statistics 2013. Retrieved on December 17th, 2014 from http://www.moe.gov.mv/assets/upload/STAT_BOOK_2013.pdf Page 16 of 35