As mentioned earlier, all secondary schools finish their 12th grade studies and sit for the National Secondary School Examination in the Warsay Yikeal Secondary School inside the Sawa Education and Training Center while they also finish their national service training immediately after. The following multiple tracks of continuity are also promoted for those who participate in the National Secondary School Leaving Examinations in accordance to their achievement with no one left behind both in education and training:- 172.    those who score passing marks join the higher learning institutions and continue education at degree and diploma levels and after graduation are deployed various government bodies and national institutions students who fail to achieve a satisfactory level of passing marks to qualify in the above higher learning institutions continue at the Sawa Center for Technical and Vocational Education; they gain middle level technical skills and are similarly deployed to the work places The rest who completely fail are given opportunity to acquire the one year minimum level of practical vocational skills in the recently established vocational center in around some of the transformational development projects of the Government (they accommodate over 6000 trainees at a time) and directly employed in the labor market 173. In line to the modest growth of the economy and the ongoing effort to create macroeconomic stability, the Government has introduced a new remuneration system in 2016. This introduces substantial increase of salary to the civil service. In this vein, graduates who pass through the above multiple tracks of education are directly deployed to work and integrated into the remuneration system to get normal salary. Accordingly, a graduate at certificate level earns a gross salary of ERN 2,000 (considered to be the minimum wage in the system), 2 year diploma ERN 2500, 3 year diploma ERN 3000, 12+4 degree level 3500 and 12+5 at ERN 4,000. The effort is managed as a process and requires some time to finalize and will eventually cover the whole spectrum on national service members. The one year compulsory national service/community service in the development activities of the nation is to be slotted in other convenient time. Gender Parity in Education 174. The right of girls in education has been respected and protected by national law and all proclamations and policies. In spite of the many challenges, gender parity index in education has improved. In the 2014 – 2015, out of the 605,932 students from primary to secondary levels, 274,050 were girls (45.3%). Accordingly, GPI reached 0.83 at primary, 0.82 at middle and 0.83 at secondary level. This reflects the effort and progress made to ensure the right of girls to education and guarantee continuity to higher levels. 175. In some ethnic groups and rural areas certain cultural practices, poverty, social role in the family, gender stereotypes and in very few cases some religious pressures still inhibit girl‟s Page 39 of 100