700,000 children fail to enroll in primary schools in Iraq every year
The number of children staying away from school in Iraq is estimated at 700,000 a year, a new survey reveals.
The survey, by the Tamuz Organization for Social Development, said half the primary school pupils who successfully complete their education, join higher levels.
The survey comes amid reports that many school buildings in the country are in need of repairs and that some may not be suitable for teaching.
The reports say more than 20% of Iraq primary student population, estimated at nearly four million, drop out of school.
They are mainly widowed children who join the growing child labor force in the country to support their mothers and siblings.
The percentage of children staying away from school differs from region to region, the survey said.
It said the percentage of those joining school was higher in the northern and southern parts of the country than in the southern region.
In the south, it said, up to 65% of children of school age stay away from school.
More girls than boys remain without education in the country, according to the survey.
“Across the country only 80% of girls of school age join school with 90% of boys,” the survey said.
Dated - 13/05/2011
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