Hello Community Members,
Here are some amazing facts about women’s education
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There are approximately 61 million children ages 6 to 11 years old not in school. 32 million of these children are girls.
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Around 15 million girls will never get the chance to learn to read or write in primary school (compared to about 10 million boys).
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757 million adults and 115 million youths are illiterate. Two-thirds of those are women.
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Studies have found that having a female teacher can be very positive for girls’ school attendance and learning achievement. And globally, the percentage of female teachers in primary school has gone up from 56% in 1990 to 64% in 2014.
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A girl starting school today in southern Asia typically receives 11 years of education (compared to six years in 1990)
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Women have been surpassing men when it comes to completing post-high school education in most countries (77%) since 1990
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Women are more likely than men to graduate from concentrations in education, humanity and arts, social sciences, business and law, and health and welfare
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There are more women researchers than men researchers.
Community Manager.