Year 2007
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Jennifer Hove:
Barriers to
Girls’ Secondary School Participation in Rural Bangladesh.
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Over the last 15 years, secondary school enrolment rates among both boys and
girls have risen dramatically. However, girls’ rates of progression and
completion of the secondary cycle (from grades six through ten) are disturbingly
low – albeit the comparable rates for boys are also low. At grade six there is
near parity between the number of boys and girls enrolled. By grade ten, boys
are significantly ahead of girls in participation in public examinations and
promotion to higher secondary school. Only 13 per cent of girls who complete the
tenth grade transition to the higher secondary grades of eleven and twelve.
There are powerful forces at work within schools, families and the broader
society that dissuade girls from staying in school. Based on interview responses
among teachers, students and parents in four rural schools, this study analyses
why girls drop out of school, and offers policy recommendations to increase
completion rates.
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