Secondary Education
This graph shows the percentage of females enrolled in secondary school in different parts of the world, and how the numbers increased between 1975 and 1997.
[Note the marked differences in enrolment rates between countries in the North and the South.]
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Q1: Identify the areas of the world where less than 60% of girls went to secondary school in 1997.
Q2: List two possible reasons why girls typically receive much less schooling than boys?
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This graph compares female and male adult literacy rates in six areas of the world in 2000.
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Q4: Which areas have the highest and lowest literacy rates for both women and men?
Q5: In which areas are there the biggest and smallest differences between the literacy rates of women and men?
Q6: Identify three consequences of not being able to read and write.
Q7: List three reasons why you believe it is important for women to become literate.
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Female Literacy and Population Growth
This graph shows the relationship between female literacy rates and projected population growth rates for 10 countries in different parts of the world.
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Q8: Which five countries have the highest female literacy rates?
Q9: Which five countries have the lowest projected population growth rate?
Q10: What conclusions about educating girls and women can you draw from this pattern?
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