young women. Currently, for every 100 male students with a scholarship, there are 40
young girls or women.
530. However, with regard to international scholarships, the refusal rate for girls is
higher because of external pressures: reluctance of families to let their daughters
leave the family, because they are engaged for marriage, they are getting married or
they will soon be young mothers.
531. Special attention is paid to the accommodation of young girls. For the 20132014 academic year, for example, the ratio was 54 girls to every 100 boys. The Lomé
university centre set up a policy of systematically allocating accommodation to the
first five girls per series at the baccalaureate level, as well as to poor girls who have
passed this examination. This measure was meant to encourage young girls to pursue
university studies.
532. The University of Lomé set up a "House of Entrepreneurship", in conjunction
with the Lomé City Council and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Togo, in
partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris-Iles de France. It is
a forum where young girls, sensitized to the interest of entrepreneurship, will spread
their knowledge and experiences in this field to family members, mothers, aunts,
sisters or neighbours.
533. The government took measures to encourage girls' education, including:
- the creation of new vocational training centres in order to make education
accessible to all and especially to girls who have much more difficulty in
travelling out and especially accommodation. Thus, they will now be closer to
training centres (a total of 14 new centres and institutions were created from
2010 to 2014);
special temporary measures for girls studying for the Certificate of
Professional Competence (CAP), the Diploma of Vocational Studies (DEP)
and the “Seconde” class, and specifically, the minimum recruitment quota of
25% granted to girls at Glidji-Aného Technical High School, which currently
provides training in electrical engineering and computer maintenance;
the creation of new courses (CAP in domestic arts, agropastoral activities,
sewing, hairdressing-cosmetology ...) within the country diversified training
offered to the girls and also enabled them to acquire skills and to have good
training that helps their development
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