expenditure in education accounted for only 8.5% of capital expenditure of the Senegalese government97. 274. The Senegalese government is not the only one to finance the education sector but the 2010 distribution shows that contributions in percentage terms were as follows:     Government : 70% Senegalese local governments (communes, rural communities and regional Councils) : 17% Financial and technical partners : 12% Senegalese households : 1% 275. More concretely, the Government of Senegal, through the PDEF, set the following objectives to be achieved by 2015:           Develop early childhood education and protection ; Open up access for compulsory and free primary education for all; Promote the acquisition of the necessary knowledge and life skills by the youth and adults ; Promote adult literacy ; Achieve gender equality ; Improve the quality of education ; It must also be underscored that all these objectives reflect the national education orientation law of Senegal, in its core missions ; Prepare the conditions for comprehensive development to be undertaken by the entire nation ; Promote national values; Enhance the cultural standard of the population. 276. Thus, the gross pre-school enrolment rate improved from 8% in 2006 to 10.7% in 2011. The overall enrollment rate at the elementary school increased by 10 points (103.2% in 2006 as against 113% in 2011. The gross enrollment rate in primary school was 79.7% in 2011 as against 75.8% in 2005 with wide regional disparities. Dakar (102.6%) and Ziguinchor (115.6%) recorded the highest rates while Kaffrine (44.2%), Diourbel (47%) recorded low performance levels. The EFA has not yet been attained as the net primary school enrolment rate in 2011 was around 59.6% whilst the rate in 2005 was 54.6%. 277. One-third of the children of school-going age do not complete primary education. The unmet demand for schooling, on the one hand, and the large number of drop-outs (about 8% in 2010), on the other hand, limit the gains. The number of school teachers increased tremendously from 396 to 2686 in the preschool system, from 19876 t0 42931 in the elementary school and 6471 to 17119 97 See the National Statistical and Demographic Agency, Economic and Social Situation of Senegal in 2011, February 2013, page 96. 62