130. Cycle 4 of basic education is welcoming an increasingly large number of students, following the relaxation of entry requirements in the seventh year, for which access rate has been set at 70% of pupils in 6th year in 2014, compared to 60% in 2013. Compared to the increase in access to actual teaching hours at all levels, the forecasts of the 2012-2020 sectoral strategy concern the construction of 1500 classrooms per year for the first 3 basic cycles and 670 classrooms per year for the fourth cycle. Similarly, over the period from 2011 to 2013, 828 classrooms were built. 87. Table II: Public basic education34 Status No. of schools Public/State Public under accredita tion Private Business schools Total 2633 19653 F 726.157 M 712.104 F+ M 1438261 F 13960 M 15379 1256 144 10768 1012 370.234 18.145 357.827 17.608 728061 35753 10161 603 7057 769 2 No. 13 4035 31446 of classro oms Students Teachers 408 349 757 1.114.944 1.087.888 2.202.832 5 15 24.729 23.220 132. National coverage is almost complete and gender parity is assured. The Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) was at 134.3% in 2015. 133. In terms of quality, strategies to reduce repetition have been defined and are based on: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) The introduction of regulatory texts on the criteria for achieving school success and the promotion of collective deliberations; (ii) the prohibition of repetition at the request of the parents; (iii) the adoption of new methods of evaluation; (iv) programme revision; (v) The training-sensitization of teachers and other actors on the harmfulness of repetition, (vi) semi-automatic promotion within under-cycles of two-year each and; (vii) the smoothness of school pathways and the increase of access in year 7. 34 Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Yearbook 2014 / 2015.T1: Statistics of Preschool and Basic Education, p.7 32