THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA’S COMBINED REPORT ON THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN & PEOPLES’ RIGHTS &
INITIAL REPORT ON THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA
The table below shows the number of schools by type and year.
2013
892
School_Type
LBS
UBS
BCS
SSS
Total
Number of ECD Centres
2014
2015
2016
1014
1115
1141
2010
520
91
158
99
868
2011
525
95
157
100
877
2012
506
100
186
100
892
2013
595
112
194
120
1021
2014
657
121
204
134
1116
2017
1154
2015
705
138
223
145
1211
2018
1257
2016
718
150
240
160
1268
2017
758
163
236
171
1328
2018
811
188
250
189
1438
There has also been a notably significant increase in school enrolment at different education levels since
the last reporting period. At the Lower Basic cycle, the Gross Enrolment Rate increased from 91% in 2004,
88.3% in 2010 to 92.8 % in 2013, 97.1% in 2014 to 104% in 2016 and 112.7 % in 2018. This includes
Madrassa (Islamic religious schools) enrolment, which is now officially recognized. During the same period,
the gross enrolment rate for girls increased from 89.1% in 2010 to 116.5% in 2018 and for boys from 87.5%
in 2010 to108.9 % in 2018.
GROSS ENROLMENT RATE LBE
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
M
87.5%
85.6%
89.1%
91.7%
95.4%
99.0%
101.4%
105.4%
108.9%
F
89.1%
87.3%
91.4%
93.9%
98.7%
103.5%
106.7%
111.8%
116.5%
T
88.3%
86.5%
90.2%
92.8%
97.1%
101.2%
104.0%
108.6%
112.7%
For upper basic education, the gross enrolment rate increased from 66% in 2004, 66.2% in 2010 to 68.1%
in 2013, 68.1% in 2014 and 68.3% in 2015. There has however been a 1.5% decline in school enrolment
rate between the year 2015 and 2016 and an increase from 67.4% in 2017and 68.1% in 2018. It is worth
noting that the period between 2010 and 2018 has witnessed a steady increase in the Upper Basic Gross
Enrolment Rate of the girl-child, from 65.6% in 2010 to 71.3% in 2018. There has on the other hand been a
fluctuation in enrolment of boys in upper basic education from a gross enrolment rate of 66.9% in 2010 to
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