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Keeping Girls in School : Situation Analysis for Malawi / Christin McConnell.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- McConnell, Christin.
- Series:
- Country Policy Briefs
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adolescent Health.
- Children and Youth.
- Education.
- Fertility.
- Gender.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Primary Education.
- Secondary Education.
- Social Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Adolescent Health.
- Children and Youth.
- Education.
- Fertility.
- Gender.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Primary Education.
- Secondary Education.
- Social Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages)
- Other Title:
- Keeping Girls in School
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- International evidence indicates that keeping girls in school positively impacts their life trajectory and benefits the well-being of the next generation. Malawi has made progress in increasing overall enrollment rates, but additional effort is still needed to ensure that adolescent girls stay in school and complete a quality education. Starting in the upper grades of primary school, adolescent girls are more likely to drop out of school than their male counterparts with pregnancy, early marriage, and school fees frequently cited as the main reasons. One of the key challenges in Malawi will be to both focus on girls before they reach puberty and ensure that they get the support they need to complete primary school and successfully transition to secondary school. Meanwhile, adolescent boys will also need support and guidance to invest in their own education and to value the education of their female peers as a way to build stronger families and communities and break the inter-generational cycle of poverty. The Government of Malawi will need to assess the effectiveness and sustainability of its policy and programs, including those by partners, to scale and consolidate accordingly in order to avoid a scattered approach.
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