a. The low demand for secular education in areas such as Touba municipality and the region of Diourbel; b. The low enrolment rates at secondary and tertiary levels of education — especially for girls, owing to early marriage, teenage pregnancy, child labor and the demand for a workforce on farms; c. The high dropout rates at all levels of education; d. The long distance between schools and homes in a few localities that undermines children’s education in remote communities. 30. The Committee is further concerned by the salient disparities, though declining from time to time, regarding access to education, enrolment at primary and secondary school and dropout rates between boys and girls. The Committee notes with concern that striking disparities also exists between different regions, between rural and urban settings, and between the affluent and the poor and disadvantaged groups. 31. Further, the Committee learns that although Senegalese law provides for free education for children ages 6 to 16, in practice, secondary school students are required to pay close to 40,000 CFA (US$75) for tuition fees, furniture costs and extra tuition for afternoon classes; forcing many children to drop out. The Committee is also further informed that toilet facilities in schools are often dirty, old and inaccessible to students. Students, especially girls, often go out of schools into surrounding homes. This increases their vulnerability and exposes them to manifold threats such as sexual violence and car accidents. 32. Thus, the Committee recommends the State Party to: a. Reinforce its commitments to ensure that all girls and boys, in urban, rural and least developed areas, have equal access to educational opportunities; b. Address the causes of low enrolment and high dropout rate at secondary and tertiary levels of education, especially for girls, including child marriage, sexual violence and child labor; c. Strengthen its efforts to remove structural constraints in areas such as Touba municipality and the region of Diourbel by establishing political and social dialogue between the State and religious communities; d. Provide the necessary educational materials and infrastructure facilities; in particular, takes recommends measures for the 10