Table No. 14: Net rate and gross access to Primary 1 by sex and by parity index per region (2013-2014) Net Access Rate Gross Access Rate M M Region F T F T GPI of GPI of the the NAR GAR Golfe-Lomé 53,5% 50,4% 51,9% 130,4% 126,1% 128,2% 0,94 0,97 Maritime 81,4% 85,0% 83,1% 162,7% 168,6% 165,5% 1,04 1,04 Plateaux 81,0% 80,8% 80,9% 134,4% 135,8% 155,1% 1,00 1,01 Centrale 75,3% 75,6% 75,04% 138,4% 140,3% 139,3% 1,00 1,01 Kara 77,2% 75,2% 76,2% 142,5 139,6% 141,1% 0,97 0,98 Savanes 71,6% 66,4% 69,0% 139,5% 127,5% 133,6% 0,93 0,91 Total 73,2% 71,5% 72,4% 145,5 143,4% 144,5% 0,98 0,99 Source: National School Statistics Directory of the Directorate of Pre-School and Primary Education Directorate (DEPP), June 2015 268. The abolition of school fees in public primary education resulted in the increase in gross enrolment rate in primary education from 98% in 2007-2008 to 127.1% in 2013-2014. This shows that throughout the country, there are sufficient vacancies to enrol children in primary schools, most importantly in the Savannah and Central regions. The government has built several classrooms through the following projects: Education and Institutional Reinforcement Programme (PERI) and Education for All in Togo (EPTT) 269. The variance between the gross rate (ratio of all the pupils in a cycle to the school -age population of this cycle) and the Net Rate (ratio of all the pupils in the school- age of a cycle to the population of school-age bracket of this cycle) can be explained not only by the late entries into primary education, but also by the frequency of the very high repetitions in primary school. 270. Out of 100 children who enter primary education, 84 complete the cycle. To achieve universal primary education, more efforts are needed. 79