526. The Kara educational region had the lowest enrollment (3.9%). On the contrary,
the Savanna region had the highest enrollment, 10.4% over the same period.
527. The increase in enrollment was more remarkable among girls in all education
regions. Generally, the average in the number of girls was 6.7% compared to that of
boys which stood at 5.4%.
Table No. 38: Rate of children who completed primary school
Region
Boys
Girls
Total
Golfe - Lomé
92.6%
87.4%
89.8%
0.94
Maritime
90.3%
86.5%
88.5%
0.96
Plateaux
80.6%
73.5%
77.3%
0.91
Centrale
89.7%
85.0%
87.5%
0.95
Kara
90.8%
83.5%
87.4
0.92
Savanes
80.3%
64.6%
72.8%
0.80
Total
86.9%
80.0%
83.6%
0.92
Source: DPPE National School Statistics Directory, June 2015
Situation at the level of State universities
528. The number of female students enrolled in State universities in the country was
on a steady increase, from 23.28% of the total student population (11,962 girls out of
51,382 enrolled) for the academic year 2009-2010 to 26.15% (13,782 girls out of
52,731 enrolled) between 2013-2014.
529. The gender criterion is increasingly taken into account in the award of
scholarships (Article 5 of Decree No. 2011-173 / PR of 30 November, 2011
reforming the Scholarship, Training and School Allowances Scheme). A Commission
has been set up within the Directorate of Scholarships and Internships to ensure that
the national scholarship commission reserves at least 30% of scholarships for girls or
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